Irene of Athens

GPTKB entity

Statements (69)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Papal_States
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:birth_year 752
gptkbp:born 752
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles
gptkbp:conflict War with the Franks
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Charlemagne
gptkbp:contribution Restoration of the veneration of icons
gptkbp:court gptkb:Byzantine_court
gptkbp:crowned gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkb:Empress_in_797
gptkbp:cultural_impact Patron of the arts
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Lesbos
gptkbp:death_year 803
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:Byzantine_architecture
gptkbp:died 803
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Lesbos
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Isaurian_dynasty
gptkbp:established Iconodulism
gptkbp:father gptkb:Constantine_V
gptkbp:governed_by gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:Middle_Ages
gptkbp:historical_significance First woman to rule the Byzantine Empire in her own right.
Role in the restoration of icons
gptkbp:historical_source gptkb:Anna_Komnene
gptkb:Theophanes_the_Confessor
gptkb:Chronicon_Paschale
gptkb:Michael_the_Archangel
gptkb:Theophylact_Simocatta
gptkb:Eustathius_of_Thessalonica
gptkb:Michael_Psellus
gptkb:John_Skylitzes
gptkb:Nikephoros_I
Symeon Logothetes
Patriarch Nicephorus
George Cedrenus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Irene of Athens
gptkbp:influence Iconoclasm
gptkbp:is_married_to gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkbp:known_for First female ruler of the Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:language_spoken Greek
gptkbp:legacy Feminist icon
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkb:Maria_of_Amnia
gptkbp:nickname Irene the Athenian
gptkbp:notable_burials gptkb:Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles
gptkbp:notable_event Iconoclasm controversy
gptkbp:notable_ruler gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:political_affiliation gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:political_position gptkb:Monarch
Empress regnant
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Constantine_VI
gptkb:Leo_IV
gptkbp:reign 802
797
gptkbp:reign_end 802
gptkbp:reign_start 797
gptkbp:relationship gptkb:Mother_of_Constantine_VI
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:service be crowned as Empress in her own right
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Leo_IV_of_the_Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:Leo_IV
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Nicephorus_I
gptkbp:title gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4