Catherine | |
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Augusta | |
Byzantine Empress consort | |
Tenure | 1057–1059 |
Spouse | Isaac I Komnenos |
Father | Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria |
Mother | Maria |
Catherine of Bulgaria ( Church Slavonic: Єкатерїна, Greek: Αἰκατερίνη, romanized: Aikaterini, Bulgarian: Екатерина, romanized: Ekaterina; died after 1059) was empress consort to Byzantine emperor Isaac I Komnenos and co- regent of Constantine X for a period after the abdication of her spouse in 1059. She was a daughter of Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria and his wife Maria, and thus a sister of Presian and Alusian. Catherine was also a paternal aunt of Maria of Bulgaria.
Catherine was a daughter of Ivan Vladislav (reigned 1015–18), the last Tsar of Bulgaria. [1] She married the general Isaac Komnenos. [2] After he became emperor in 1057, Isaac raised her to Augusta. [3]
Isaac abdicated the throne on November 22, 1059. He retired to the Stoudios Monastery and spent the remainder of his life, until his death in late 1060 or 1061, as a monk. [2] [4] Following her husband's abdication, she appears to have co-reigned for a while with Constantine X, but eventually she too retired to the Myrelaion monastery under the monastic name of Xene. [5]
Catherine had at least two children with Isaac: [6]
Catherine | |
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Augusta | |
Byzantine Empress consort | |
Tenure | 1057–1059 |
Spouse | Isaac I Komnenos |
Father | Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria |
Mother | Maria |
Catherine of Bulgaria ( Church Slavonic: Єкатерїна, Greek: Αἰκατερίνη, romanized: Aikaterini, Bulgarian: Екатерина, romanized: Ekaterina; died after 1059) was empress consort to Byzantine emperor Isaac I Komnenos and co- regent of Constantine X for a period after the abdication of her spouse in 1059. She was a daughter of Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria and his wife Maria, and thus a sister of Presian and Alusian. Catherine was also a paternal aunt of Maria of Bulgaria.
Catherine was a daughter of Ivan Vladislav (reigned 1015–18), the last Tsar of Bulgaria. [1] She married the general Isaac Komnenos. [2] After he became emperor in 1057, Isaac raised her to Augusta. [3]
Isaac abdicated the throne on November 22, 1059. He retired to the Stoudios Monastery and spent the remainder of his life, until his death in late 1060 or 1061, as a monk. [2] [4] Following her husband's abdication, she appears to have co-reigned for a while with Constantine X, but eventually she too retired to the Myrelaion monastery under the monastic name of Xene. [5]
Catherine had at least two children with Isaac: [6]