Eudokia Makrembolitissa
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Eudokia Makrembolitissa was a Byzantine empress by her successive marriages to Constantine X Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as ruler with her two sons in 1067, and resigned her rule by marr
Contemporary miniature of empress Eudokia
Constantine X and Eudokia in a reliquary of Demetrius of Thessaloniki, by John Autoreianos.
Coin of Eudokia, Michael VII and Konstantios, 1067.
Miniature of Constantine X and Eudokia alongside their son and co-emperor Michael VII Doukas.
Michael VII Doukas
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Michael VII Doukas or Ducas, nicknamed Parapinakes, was the senior Byzantine emperor from 1071 to 1078. He was known as incompetent as an emperor and reliant on court officials, especially of his fina
Eudokia Makrembolitissa
…ruler with her two sons in 1067, and resigned her rule by marriage to Romanos IV Diogenes. When he was deposed in 1071 she resumed the rule with her son Michael VII, but was soon forced to resign again. Because she essentially ruled in her own right during her rules and retained the title of empress, several modern…
Miliaresion of Michael VII Doukas
Michael VII and Maria of Alania on the Khakhuli triptych, c. 1072.
Michael VII Doukas on the back of the Holy Crown of Hungary, c. 1074.