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Irene (as Byzantine empress)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Irene_(as_Byzantine_empress)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:birthDate
c. 752
gptkbp:burialPlace
unknown
gptkbp:child
gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkbp:coronationDate
herself (self-proclaimed empress)
gptkbp:deathDate
9 August 803
gptkbp:deposedBy
gptkb:Nikephoros_I
gptkbp:dynasty
gptkb:Isaurian_dynasty
gptkbp:exiledTo
gptkb:Lesbos
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Irene_of_Athens
gptkbp:gender
female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Irene (as Byzantine empress)
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Second_Council_of_Nicaea_(787)
gptkbp:notableFor
first woman to rule the Byzantine Empire in her own right
restoration of the veneration of icons
gptkbp:opposedBy
iconoclasts
gptkbp:overthrownBy
802
gptkbp:placeOfBirth
gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:placeOfDeath
gptkb:Lesbos
gptkbp:policy
Iconophile
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkbp:regency
gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkbp:reign
780–797 (as empress consort and regent)
797–802 (as empress regnant)
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:spouse
gptkb:Leo_IV_the_Khazar
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Nikephoros_I
gptkbp:title
gptkb:Augusta
Queen consort
Empress regnant
Basileus (emperor)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Bertha_of_Sulzbach
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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