Irene Laskarina
Empress consort of Nicaea
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Empress consort of Nicaea | |
Tenure | 1222–1240 |
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Died | 1240 |
Spouse |
Andronikos Palaiologos
John III Doukas Vatatzes |
Issue | Theodore II Vatatzes |
House | Laskaris |
Father | Theodore I Laskaris |
Mother | Anna Angelina |
Irene Laskarina (died 1240) ( Greek : Εἰρήνη Λασκαρίνα , Eirēnē Laskarina ) was an Empress of Nicaea. She was a daughter of Theodore I Laskaris , [1] emperor of Nicaea and Anna Angelina . Her maternal grandparents were Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina . Her sister Maria Laskarina married King Béla IV of Hungary .
Irene first married the general Andronikos Palaiologos , and after his death became the wife of Theodore's designated successor, the future John III Doukas Vatatzes [1] in 1212. With John III she had a son, the future Theodore II Laskaris . After the latter's birth, she fell from a horse and was so badly injured that she was unable to have any more children. She retired to a convent, taking the monastic name Eugenia, and died there in summer of 1240, some fourteen years before her husband. [2]
Irene is much praised by historians for her modesty and prudence and is said to have brought about by her example a considerable improvement in the morals of her nation. [1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 "Theodore Lascaris s.v. Irene Lascaris" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 766.
- ↑ Murata, Koji; Ichikawa, Kohei; Fujii, Yuri I.; Hayakawa, Hisashi; Cheng, Yongchao; Kawamoto, Yukiko; Sano, Hidetoshi (2021), "Cometary records revise Eastern Mediterranean chronology around 1240 CE", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan , 73 : 197–204, arXiv : 2012.00976 , doi : 10.1093/pasj/psaa114
Irene Laskarina
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1240
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Empress consort of Nicaea
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