Irene Doukaina

Events

Date of Birth: about 1066.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Polemis.

Date of Death: uncertain.

Cawley discusses the date. Polemis states that Irene probably died 19 February 1123.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Andronikos Doukas.

This relationship is given by Polemis, by Stanković, by Varzos (p. 88), by Kazhdan, and by the PBW, citing Anna Komnene 94.16, Christos Philanthropos, note 6, Kecharitomene 1846, and Bryennios 221.4-5.

Mother: Maria of Bulgaria.

This relationship is given by Polemis, by Kazhdan, by Varzos (p. 88), and by the PBW, citing Theophylatos of Ohrid, Letters 441.11, Anna Komnene 89.61, Christos Philanthropos, note 11, and Kecharitomene 1853.

Spouse: Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

This relationship is given by Polemis, by Radić, Varzos (p. 88), by Stanković, by Kazhdan, and by the PBW, citing 10 sources.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Anna (born 1 or 2 December 1083, died 1149 - 1154) married Nikephoros Bryennios. Anna was an historian.

Maria (19 September 1085 - after about 1153) married (1) Gregorios Gabras; married (2) Nikeforos Euphorbenos.

Ioannes (13 September 1087 - 8 April 1143), later Emperor Ioannes II.

Evdokia (14 January 1089 - before 1030 or 1031) married Mikhael Iasites.

Andronikos (18 September 1091 - before 1030 or 1031).

Isaakios (16 January 1093 after 1152) married Irene.

Theodora (born 15 January 1096) married Konstantinos Angelos.

Manuel (born February 1097).

Zoe (born March 1098).

References

Cawley, Charles. “EIRENE Doukaina” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Kazhdan, Alexander P. “Aaronios” in the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1991).

Kazhdan, Alexander P. and Anthony Cutler, “Doukas” in the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1991).

M. Jeffreys et al., Prosopography of the Byzantine World (2011) “Eirene Doukaina, wife of Alexios I” http://db.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw2011/entity/person/107009 [consulted 31 July 2014].

Radic Radivoj, "Komnenian dynasty (1081-1185)", 2008, Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Constantinople

Polemis, Demetrios I. The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography. (University of London: The Athlone Press, 1968).

Stankovic, Vlada. “Doukid Dynasty (1059-1081)”, 2008, Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Constantinople.

Varzos (Barzos), Konstantinos. Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών. The Centre for Byzantine Studies of the School of Philosophy, University of Thessaloniki:1984.