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Name: Eirini Brief biography: Married to the Byzantine Emperor Leo IV 768 and regent for their son Constantine VI 780-790 and 792-797, when she blinded and dethroned him, ruling alone till toppled and exiled in 802. Nationality: Greek Occupation: Ruler Date of birth: 752 Place of birth: Athens Period of rule: 780-802 Date of death: 803-08-09 Place of death: Lesbos |
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Married to the Byzantine Emperor Leo IV in 768, Eirini became regent for their son Constantine VI in 780. She ruled with him as regent until 797 except during a brief period of disfavour between 790 and 792. In 797 she blinded her son and replaced him on the throne, but her rule was not a success and she was herself deposed by Nikephoros I in 802 and exiled to Lesbos, where she died the next year. Her body was moved to the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople in the 9th century and the modern Orthodox Church considers her a saint. |
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| Forty nummi Constantine VI; Eirini; Constantinople BIRBI-B4605 | |
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| Forty nummi Constantine VI; Eirini; Constantinople BIRBI-B4604 | |
| Miliaresion Constantine VI; Eirini; Constantinople BIRBI-B4603 | |
| Miliaresion Constantine VI; Eirini; Constantinople BIRBI-B4601 | |
| Miliaresion Constantine VI; Eirini; Constantinople BIRBI-B4600 | |
| Miliaresion Constantine VI; Eirini; Constantinople BIRBI-B4602 | |
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