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THEODORA (d. 1057)

THEODORA (d. 1057) , daughter of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

CONSTANTINE

Constantine VIII. Possessed of a strong and austere See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, she refused the See also:

hand of the See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir-presumptive, See also:

ROMANUS

Romanus, who was married instead to her See also:

SISTER

sister Zoe (1028). Though living in retirement she excited Zoe's See also:

JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy, and on a pretext of See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy was confined in a monastery. In 1042 the popular See also:

MOVEMENT

movement which caused the dethronement of See also:

Michael V. also led to Theodora's See also:

INSTALMENT (for earlier stallment or estallment, from Fr. estaler, to fix, arrange; the change is probably due to the influence of the verb " install ")

instalment as See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-empress with her sister. After two months of active participation in See also:

government she allowed herself to be virtually superseded by Zoe's new See also:

HUSBAND

husband, Constantine IX. Upon his See also:

DEATH

death in 1054, in spite of her seventy years, she reasserted her dormant rights with vigour,and frustrated an See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to supersede her on behalf of the See also:

general Nicephorus See also:

BRYENNIUS, NICEPHORUS (1062-1137)

Bryennius. By her See also:

FIRM

firm See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration she controlled the unruly nobles and checked numerous abuses; but she marred her reputation by excessive severity towards private enemies and the undue employment of menials for advisers. She died suddenly in 1057. See G. See also:

FINLAY, GEORGE (1799-1875)

Finlay, See also:

HISTORY

History of See also:

GREECE

Greece, vol. ii. (See also:

Oxford, 1877); G.

Schlumberger, L'Epopee See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine, vol. iii.(See also:

Paris. 19o5).

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