Theodora Komnene Angelina

Theodora Komnene
Born	15 January 1096 Constantinople, Byzantium
Died	unknown
Spouse	Constantine Angelos
Issue	John Doukas Alexios Komnenos Angelos Andronikos Dukas Angelos Isaac Angelos Maria Angelina Eudokia Angelina Zoe Angelina
House	Komnenian dynasty
Father	Alexios I Komnenos
Mother	Irene Doukaina
Religion	Orthodox

Theodora Komnene (Greek: Θεοδώρα Κομνηνὴ Ἀγγελίνα; born 15 January 1096),^[1] was a Byzantine noblewoman, being the fourth daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. She married admiral Constantine Angelos, by whom she had seven children. Byzantine emperors Alexios III Angelos and Isaac II Angelos were her grandsons, thereby making her an ancestress of the Angelos dynasty.

Family

Theodora was born in Constantinople on 15 January 1096, the fourth of the five daughters of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. She had a total of eight siblings; among these were Emperor John II Komnenos, and historian Anna Komnene. Her paternal grandparents were John Komnenos and Anna Dalassena, and her maternal grandparents were Andronikos Doukas and Maria of Bulgaria.

Marriage and issue

Theodora married Constantine Angelos (c.1085- after July 1166) sometime before 1120. He was the son of Manuel Angelos, and a military commander of Emperor Manuel I and would later in 1145 become the commander of the Imperial fleet in Sicily. Byzantine historian Niketas Choniates names Theodoram Alexii avi Manuelis filiam as the wife of Constantium Angelum.^[2] Together Constantine and Theodora had seven recorded children, although there were possibly eight children born to the couple:^[2]

• John Doukas (ca. 1125/27 – ca. 1200), had several children by one or two marriages, and a bastard son. The latter, Michael Doukas Komnenos Angelos, would go on to found the Despotate of Epirus, and was succeeded by his half-brothers.
• Alexios Komnenos Angelos, married and fathered one son.
• Andronikos Doukas Angelos (died after 1185), Byzantine general in Asia Minor, married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa, by whom he had nine children including emperors Alexios III Angelos and Isaac II Angelos.
• Isaac Angelos, military governor of Cilicia
• Maria Angelina, married Constantine Kamytzes, by whom she had one daughter.
• Eudokia Angelina, married Basil Tsykandeles
• Zoe Angelina, married Andronikos Synadenos

Theodora Komnene died on an unknown date. Among her numerous descendants was Irene Angelina, wife of Philip of Swabia; thus Theodora is an ancestress of every royal house in Europe.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Theodora Komnene Angelina

Manuel Erotikos Komnenos                       John Komnenos                             Alexios I Komnenos                                   Alexios Charon                       Anna Dalassena                             Adriana Dalassene                       Theodora Komnene                                         Andronikos Doukas               John Doukas                       Andronikos Doukas                             Niketas Pegonites               Eirene Pegonitissa                       Irene Doukaina                                   Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria               Troian of Bulgaria                       Marija N.               Maria of Bulgaria                             N. Konstostephane

References

1. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Byzantium
2. Cawley, Medieval Lands, Byzantium

• Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Byzantium