Eudokia

Eudokia (Latinized also Eudoxia or Eudocia ) is a feminine Greek given name. Eudokia ( Greek εὐδοκία ) actually means “pleasure” and is known from the Christmas story of Luke ( Lk 2.14 LUT ), eudoxia (Greek εὐδοξία ) “good reputation” and “good judgment”.

Saints

Evdokia is the name of two Christian Märtyrinnen and saints :

Eudokia of Heliopolis († 107/114 in Heliopolis in Phenicia), nun
Eudocia of Persia († 362/364), nun

Theodosian Dynasty

Well-known bearers of this name were some female members of the Theodosian dynasty , see above

Aelia Eudoxia (around 380–404), the wife of Emperor Arcadius , mother of Theodosius II.
- Aelia Eudocia (around 400-460), the wife of Emperor Theodosius II.
  - Licinia Eudoxia (422–462), whose daughter, the wife of Emperor Valentinian III.
    - Eudocia (439–471 / 472), their daughter, the wife of the Vandal King Hunerich

Heraclean dynasty

Some female members of the Heraklian dynasty also bore this name:

Aelia Flavia († 612), wife of Herakleios , has had the title Fabia Eudoxia
since the coronation
- Epiphany, her daughter, also crowned as Epiphany Eudokia .

Eudokia, wife of Emperor Justinian II († 711)

Byzantine Empire

From the 9th to the 13th century, some female members of the Byzantine imperial family bore the name:

Eudokia Dekapolitissa , wife of Emperor Michael III.
Eudokia Ingerina (around 840–882), mistress of Emperor Michael III. and wife of Emperor Basil I.
Eudokia Baiana († 901), wife of Emperor Leo VI. (Byzantium) , son of Basil and Eudokia Ingerina
Bertha von Arles († around 949) receives the title Eudoxia as the wife of Emperor Romanos II (+ 963).
Eudokia († after 1001 / before 1041), nun, eldest daughter of Emperor Constantine VIII , son of Emperor Romanos II.
Eudokia Komnena, daughter of Johannes Komnenus , sister of Emperor Alexios I.
Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1021–1096), the wife of Emperor Constantine X. Dukas, previously incorrectly referred to as the author of a lexicon ( Ionia or Violarium )
Eudokia Komnena († after 1170), daughter of Andronikos Komnenos , lover of Emperor Andronikos I.
Eudokia Komnena († after 1202), daughter of Prince Alexios Komnenos and Mariana Dukaina, wife of Wilhelm VIII of Montpellier
Eudokia Angelina , daughter of Emperor Alexios III. of Byzantium and the Euphrosyne Dukaina
Eudokia Laskarina (also: Sophia Laskarina; * 1210/1212, † 1247/53), imperial princess from the Byzantine Empire Nikaia and as wife of Frederick II the Arguable, 1229 Hereditary Duchess of Austria and Styria

Eudoxia of Kiev , († 1209), daughter of Grand Duke Mstislav I of Kiev

Individual evidence

^ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones: A Greek-English Lexicon . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1940, ISBN 0-19-864226-1 , pp.?.
↑ Hans A. Pohlsander: Herakleios. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 654-671.
^ Lynda Garland: Epiphany on roman-emperors.org
↑ Eudokia in the prosopography of the Middle Byzantine period .
↑ Peter Schreiner: Romanos II. In: Lexikon des Mittelalters (LexMA). Volume 7, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-8907-7 , Sp. 999.
↑ Jadran Ferluga: Eudokia . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , column 75.

[1] Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones: A Greek-English Lexicon . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1940, ISBN 0-19-864226-1 , pp.?.

[2] Hans A. Pohlsander: Herakleios. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 654-671.

[3] Lynda Garland: Epiphany on roman-emperors.org

[4] Eudokia in the prosopography of the Middle Byzantine period .

[5] Peter Schreiner: Romanos II. In: Lexikon des Mittelalters (LexMA). Volume 7, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-8907-7 , Sp. 999.

[6] Jadran Ferluga: Eudokia . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , column 75.