Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Settipani gives an estimated date of 1045.
Date of Death: 21 November, between 1089 and 1110.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Trojan/Traianos.
This relationship is given by Polemis, by Kazhdan, and by the PBW, citing Bryennios 219.20. The PBW states that Trojan was the son of John Vladislav of Bulgaria, although the source they cite, Bryennios 219.20, gives Samuel of Bulgaria as Trojan’s father [Passage from Bryennios here.] Kazhdan gives Troian’s parents as John Vladislav and Maria.
Mother: unknown.
The PBW notes that she was said to be a descendant of the Kontostephanos, Abalates, and Phokas families. [Passage from Bryennios here.] Settipani (pp. 283-5) proposes that she was a daughter of Basileios Kontostephanos.
Spouse: Andronikos Doukas.
This relationship is given by Polemis, by Kazhdan and by the PBW, citing Bryennios 219.16-17; Pantokrator Typikon 219.
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.)
Mikhael (1061 - 9 January, 1110 or before).
Konstantinos.
Stefanos.
Irene married Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
Anna married Georgios Palaiologos.
Ioannes.
Theodora.
References
Cawley, Charles. “MARIA Troiane” 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).
M. Jeffreys et al., Prosopography of the Byzantine World (2011) “Maria of Bulgaria, wife of Andronikas Doukas” http://db.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw2011/entity/person/107732 [consulted 31 July 2014].
Polemis, Demetrios I. The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography. (University of London: The Athlone Press, 1968).
Settipani, Christian. Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obsurs: Les princes caucasiens et l’empire du VIe au IXe siècle. (De Boccard, 2006).
Stanković, Vlada. “Doukid Dynasty (1059-1081)”, 2008, Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Constantinople.