Teodora-Evdokija
Teodora-Evdokija Теодора-Евдокија | |
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Despotess of Kumanovo | |
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Grand Princess consort of Serbia | |
Born | 1330 |
Died | after 1381 |
Spouse | Despot Dejan |
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Constantine Dragaš Jovan Dragaš Theodora Dragaš |
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Father | Stephen UroÅ¡ III DeÄanski of Serbia |
Mother | Maria Palaiologina |
Religion | Serbian Orthodox |
Teodora Nemanjić (Serbian: Теодора Ðемањић; 1330 – after 1381) was the despotess of Kumanovo as the wife of Despot Dejan (fl. 1355). She was the daughter of King Stephen UroÅ¡ III DeÄanski of Serbia and her eldest half-brother was Serbian emperor, Stephen UroÅ¡ IV DuÅ¡an. She was the mother of two sons, Constantine DragaÅ¡ and Jovan DragaÅ¡, and one daughter. She later became a nun adopting the name Evdokija (Евдокија, gr. Eudokia), hence she is known in historiography as Teodora-Evdokija (Теодора-Евдокија).
Family
Theodora was born in 1330,[1] the youngest daughter and child of King Stephen UroÅ¡ III DeÄanski of Serbia by his second wife, Maria Palaiologina. Her maternal grandparents were John Komnenos Palaiologos, Governor of Thessaloniki and Irene Metochitissa.[1] Theodora had one full brother, Simeon UroÅ¡ and a sister, Jelena; she also had two half-siblings from her father's first marriage to Theodora Smilets of Bulgaria, Stephen UroÅ¡ DuÅ¡an and DuÅ¡ica. When Theodora was a year old, at the insistence of the nobility, Stephen UroÅ¡ DuÅ¡an had their father deposed and imprisoned in chains.[1] He consequently usurped the Serbian throne as Stephen UroÅ¡ IV DuÅ¡an. Five years later, Theodora's father was murdered by strangulation. Her mother unsuccessfully attempted to obtain the crown for Simeon; defeated in her efforts, she retired to a convent and died in 1355.
Marriage
In 1347, at 17 years of age, Theodora married Despot Dejan. He was granted the title of sebastokrator by her brother, Stephen DuÅ¡an.[1] Sometime after her marriage a fresco painting of Theodora was executed at the Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery of Visoki DeÄani. Together Theodora and Dejan had three children:
- Constantine (d. 1395), fell at the Battle of Rovine, he had issue with an unnamed woman, married secondly Eudokia of Trebizond, without issue
- Jovan (d. 1378), fell at the Battle of Maritsa,
- Theodora, married 1. Žarko, 2. ÄuraÄ‘ I BalÅ¡ić
Religious life
On an unrecorded date, Theodora followed in her mother's footsteps and also entered a religious life. Her mother had taken the name Marta, and Theodora, upon becoming a nun, adopted the name Eudokia. In a charter dated 1379, it was recorded that Eudocia imperatrix et filius Constantinus donated property to the Chilandar Monastery.[1] No explanation was given for the charter having described her erroneously as an empress.
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See also
- Eudokia Angelina (Evdokija Anđel), Grand Princess of Serbia 1196-1198
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