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EUPHROSYNE , the name of two See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine empresses. I. EUPHROSYNE, a daughter of See also:

CONSTANTINE

Constantine VI. Although she had taken a monastic See also:

VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)

vow she became the second wife of See also:

Michael II. (q.v.), a See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage which was practically forced upon her by Michael, who was anxious to strengthen his claims to the See also:

THRONE

throne by an See also:

ALLIANCE

alliance with the last representative of the Isaurian See also:

DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty, and secured the compliance of See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate and See also:

PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch with his See also:

DESIRE

desire. No issue was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of this See also:

union, and after the See also:

DEATH

death of her See also:

HUSBAND

husband and See also:

ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of her stepson See also:

THEOPHILUS

Theophilus Euphrosyne again retired into a See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent. 2. EUPHROSYNE, the wife of Alexius III. (q.v.). After securing the See also:

election of her husband to the throne by wholesale See also:

BRIBERY (from the O. Fr. briberie, begging or vagrancy, bribe, Mid. Lat. briba, signifying a piece of bread given to beggars; the Eng. " bribe " has passed through the meanings of alms, blackmail and extortion, to gifts received or given in order to influ

bribery she virtually took the See also:

government into her hands and restored the waning See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy over the nobles. In spite of her See also:

TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for government she went far to hasten the See also:

EMPIRE

empire's downfall by her unbounded extravagance, and made the dynasty unpopular by her open profligacy, which went unpunished but for one See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

TERM

term of banishment. She followed her husband into See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile in 1203 and died seven years later in See also:

EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

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