Eudocia Macrembolitissa

Eudocia Macrembolitissa
died 1096, Constantinople

Byzantine empress and regent, called the wisest woman of her time.

As the wife of Constantine X Ducas, she became regent for her three sons after his death (1067). To fend off the Seljuq Turks, she married a Cappadocian general, Romanus Diogenes (later Romanus IV Diogenes). After his capture at the Battle of Manzikert (1071), Eudocia and her son Michael ruled jointly and deposed Romanus. After Michael succeeded to the throne, Eudocia entered a convent.

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▪ Byzantine empress
also spelled  Eudokia Makrembolitissa 
born 1021, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
died 1096, Constantinople

      Byzantine empress and, in 1067 and 1071, regent, who has been called the wisest woman of her time.

      The daughter of John Macrembolites and niece of Michael Cerularius, the patriarch of Constantinople, Eudocia was the wife of the emperor Constantine X Ducas. After his death in May 1067, she became regent for her three sons—Michael, Andronicus, and Constantine—ruling wisely and moderately and personally taking charge of the education of the heir apparent, Michael (the future Michael VII Ducas).

      The threat of the Seljuq Turks, however, necessitated a strong military government, and Eudocia was persuaded to marry Romanus Diogenes, a Cappadocian general, who became the emperor Romanus IV Diogenes in 1068. After his disastrous defeat and capture by the Turks at Manzikert, Armenia, in August 1071, Eudocia and Michael ruled jointly. When Romanus, who had been ransomed from the Turks, attempted to reassert his claim to the throne, he was deposed. Eudocia was soon succeeded by Michael and subsequently entered a convent.

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