Irene Dukaina

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Lead seal of the Empress Irene Dukaina

Irene Dukaina ( Middle Greek Ειρήνη Δούκαινα , Bulgarian Ирина Дукина Irina Dukina , born December 2, 1066 in Constantinople ; † February 19, 1123 or 1133 ) was the Byzantine Empress as the wife of Emperor Alexios I. Komnenos . Both had seven children, including John II , Anna Komnena , Andronikos and Isaak Komnenos .

Irene Dukaina is the daughter of Marija of Bulgaria and Andronikos Dukas . On her mother's side, she is a descendant of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Wladislaw . Her father was a nephew of Emperor Constantine X.

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predecessor Office Successor
Mary of Alania Empress of Byzantium
1081–1118
Piroska of Hungary