Theodora I of Tusculum
Theodora I of Tusculum , also called Theodora, the Elder , († after 916) was the wife of the Roman senator and aristocratic leader Theophylact I of Tusculum and with the titles senatrix or vestaratrix involved in his rule in Rome and influential in the recall of Pope Sergius III. and the election of John X as Pope. She was the mother of Marozia and Theodora II the Younger .
Contemporary sources speak of her either as a virtuous woman or as vicious. Only Liutprand of Cremona attests to Theodora's inordinate influence on political events . There is no evidence of an influence that goes beyond that of her husband, and the accusation of the immoral lifestyle during this time, the saeculum obscurum , can hardly be established only in the person of Theodora or her daughters.
literature
- Lexicon of the Middle Ages . Munich 2002.
- Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages . Zurich no year
- Ferdinand Gregorovius : History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages . Munich 1978.
- Daniela Schumacher-Immel: Theodora, the elder. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 11, Bautz, Herzberg 1996, ISBN 3-88309-064-6 , Sp. 919-920.
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| SURNAME | Theodora I of Tusculum |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Theodora, the elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of the Roman senator and aristocratic leader Theophylact I of Tusculum |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 916 |