Irene of Brunswick
Irene of Brunswick | |
---|---|
Byzantine Empress consort | |
Tenure | 1318–1324 |
Born | c. 1293 |
Died | 16/17 August 1324 |
Spouse | Andronikos III Palaiologos |
House | Welf |
Father | Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Mother | Agnes of Meissen |
Religion | Eastern Orthodox, prev. Roman Catholic |
Irene of Brunswick, born Adelheid, (Greek: Ειρήνη; c. 1293 – 16/17 August 1324) was the first wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos,[1] and by marriage Byzantine empress, although she died before her husband became senior emperor.
Biography
She was a daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Agnes of Meissen.
In March, 1318, she married Andronikos Palaiologos. He was the eldest son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. Her father-in-law was at the time junior co-emperor with his own father, Andronikos II Palaiologos. She joined the Eastern Orthodox Church with her marriage and took the name Irene. They had a son (June 1320 – February 1322).
She died in Rhaedestos during the civil war between Andronikos II and Andronikos III from 1321 to 1328. Her husband claimed the throne for its duration, making her the empress to a rival emperor. Her husband proceeded to marry Anna of Savoy.
References
- ^ Garland, L. (2002). Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD 527-1204. Storbritannien: Taylor & Francis.
Irene of Brunswick Cadet branch of the House of Este Born: c. 1293 Died: 1324 | ||
Royal titles | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Byzantine Empress consort 1318–1324 | Succeeded by |
- v
- t
- e
27 BC – AD 235
- Livia
- Livia Orestilla
- Lollia Paulina
- Milonia Caesonia
- Messalina
- Agrippina the Younger
- Claudia Octavia
- Poppaea Sabina
- Statilia Messalina
- Galeria Fundana
- Domitia Longina
- Pompeia Plotina
- Vibia Sabina
- Faustina the Elder
- Faustina the Younger
- Lucilla
- Bruttia Crispina
- Flavia Titiana
- Manlia Scantilla
- Julia Domna (w. Fulvia Plautilla)
- Julia Cornelia Paula
- Aquilia Severa
- Annia Faustina
- Sallustia Orbiana
235–285
284–610
- Prisca
- Eutropia
- Galeria Valeria
- Flavia Maximiana Theodora
- Minervina (?)
- Fausta
- Valeria Maximilla
- Flavia Julia Constantia
- Eusebia
- Faustina
- Helena
- Charito
- Marina Severa
- Justina
- Domnica
- Constantia
- Laeta
- Aelia Flaccilla
- Galla
Western Empire 395–480 | |
---|---|
Eastern Empire 395–610 |
|
Byzantine Empire
610–1453
- Fabia Eudokia
- Martina
- Gregoria
- Fausta
- Anastasia
- Eudokia
- Theodora of Khazaria
- Maria
- Tzitzak
- Maria
- Eudokia
- Anna
- Irene of Athens
- Maria of Amnia
- Theodote
- Theophano of Athens
- Prokopia
- Theodosia
- Thekla
- Euphrosyne
- Theodora
- Eudokia Dekapolitissa
- Eudokia Ingerina
- Theophano Martinakia
- Zoe Zaoutzaina
- Eudokia Baïana
- Zoe Karbonopsina
- Helena Lekapene
- Theodora
- Theophano
- Theodora
- Helena
- Zoë
- Theodora
- Catherine of Bulgaria
- Eudokia Makrembolitissa
- Maria of Alania
- Irene Doukaina
- Irene of Hungary (w. Dobrodeia of Kiev)
- Bertha of Sulzbach
- Maria of Antioch
- Agnes of France
- Margaret of Hungary
- Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
- Eudokia Angelina
- Anna Komnene Angelina
- Philippa of Armenia
- Maria of Courtenay
- Irene Laskarina
- Anna of Hohenstaufen
- Elena Asenina of Bulgaria
- Theodora Palaiologina (w. Anna of Hungary)
- Irene of Montferrat
- Rita of Armenia
- Irene of Brunswick
- Anna of Savoy
- Helena Kantakouzene
- Irene Asanina (w. Irene Palaiologina)
- Keratsa of Bulgaria
- Irene Gattilusio
- Helena Dragaš (w. Anna of Moscow)
- Sophia of Montferrat
- Maria of Trebizond