At the emperor's further insistence, and for their own protection they took refuge at the convent of Petrion, where eventually they were joined by Irene Doukaina's mother, Maria of Bulgaria.

However, his mother consolidated the Doukas family connection by arranging the Emperor's marriage to Irene Doukaina, granddaughter of the Caesar John Doukas, the uncle of Michael VII, who would not have supported Alexios otherwise.

Alexios was for many years under the strong influence of an eminence grise, his mother Anna Dalassene, a wise and immensely able politician whom, in a uniquely irregular fashion, he had crowned as Augusta instead of the rightful claimant to the title, his wife Irene Doukaina.

Although he had crowned his son John II Komnenos co-emperor at the age of five in 1092, John's mother Irene Doukaina wished to alter the succession in favor of her daughter Anna and Anna's husband, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger.

His mother Irene Worley (" Lolly ") was a writer of short stories who published under the name " Mary James ".

His father, Achille La Guardia, was a lapsed-Catholic from Cerignola, and his mother, Irene Coen, was a Jew from Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ; his maternal grandmother Fiorina Luzzatto Coen was a Luzzatto, a member of the prestigious Italian Jewish family of scholars, kabbalists and poets and had among her ancestors the famous rabbi Samuel David Luzzatto better known as Shadal.

In 780, Constantine VI ascended the throne in Constantinople, but being a minor, was managed by his mother Empress Irene.

On 29 October 2008, Benaud's mother Irene died, aged 104.

The monks arrived in Thessaloniki in March 797, but did not remain for long ; in August of the same year Constantine VI was blinded and overthrown, and his mother Irene, the new empress, lifted the exile.

Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, to a Welsh father, Brinley (" Bryn ") Newton-John, and a Berlin-born mother, Irene Helene ( Born ), the eldest child of the Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist Max Born.

Constantine VI was the only son of Leo IV and succeeded him as emperor, ruling jointly with his mother, Irene.

* Irene Richmond ( Mrs Ferris: Bob's mother ) in " Talk Of The Town ", " The Razor's Edge " and " Goodbye To All That "

Out on the front lines, Nicholas is visited by his mother the Dowager Empress Maria Foeodorovna ( Irene Worth ), ( who is very outspokenly critical of her son's lack of leadership abilities ), who scolds him about not attending to crumbling domestic issues and implores him to eliminate Rasputin ( as well as to send Alexandra away to one of the royal palaces out of sight ).

Additionally, Anna demonstrates her close familial ties in describing the scene when her mother, Irene, was pregnant, waiting for two days to give birth so that Alexios could be there.

On the other hand, Anna ’ s mother, Irene Doukaina, according to Choniates “ threw her full influence on the side of ” and “ continually attempted ” to persuade the emperor to designate Nikephoros Bryennios, Anna ’ s husband, as emperor.

In the early morning hours of 13 December, the king boarded the royal plane together with Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, their two young children, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark and Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, his mother, Queen Frederika, and his sister, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark.

Her earliest theatrical influences were the teenaged actress Deanna Durbin, screen star Irene Dunne and Lansbury's mother, who encouraged her daughter's ambition by taking her to plays at the Old Vic.

25-date " Electroset " ( European ) tour ( the third one ) ( featuring Simon Hayward and Sarah Brown ) was scheduled from 18 October to 3 December 2010 but the band played only 9 shows till the rest of the tour was cancelled after the performance on 13 November 2010 in Dublin, Ireland because of Jim's mother Irene who had become ill with a recurrence of cancer.

Ptolemy ’ s mother was a native Egyptian woman called Eirene ( Irene ) or according to the Roman Jewish historian Josephus her name was Ithaca.

Irene is Jenny and Petey's mother.

His mother, Irene, was the sister of political activist Gottfried Lessing, who was married to the British writer Doris Lessing during his exile in Southern Rhodesia.

She appeared as a debutante and singer in the hit Broadway revival Irene ( 1973 ), starring her mother.

Stevens returned to England around 1895 and married Frances Vanbrugh, widowed mother of the actresses Irene and Violet Vanbrugh.

Irene Bedard, who was the speaking voice of Pocahontas, portrayed Pocahontas ' mother in a flashback sequence also in The New World.

Also living with them is the boy Newt Dobbs, a seventeen-year-old whose mother was a prostitute named Maggie and whose father may be Call.

Masters is the mother of Grammy award-winning musician Jesse Harris and Jenny Harris, Executive Producer of Lou Dobbs Tonight and wife of CNBC market analyst David Faber

In 1959, Irene Dobbs Jackson, the mother of future Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson requested a library card for the central library.

* 1954 – In Christchurch ( New Zealand ) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship ( movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994 ).

* In the Percy Jackson & The Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan Athena is the mother of Annabeth Chase, one of the main characters in both series and has appeared in a few of the books.

Thomas was raised in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson ( d. 1794 ).

His parents divorced when he was four ; his mother taking four of his siblings with her, while his father was left with Jackson, and one of the siblings from his first marriage, though one sibling later returned to Wyncote.

Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, as the youngest of three children born to a Mexican American father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and a half-Cherokee Native American mother, Marcella Ofelia ( née Samora ).

Loudoun County is also notable for being the birthplace of Julia Neale Jackson, mother of Stonewall Jackson, and Susan Catherine Koerner, mother of the Wright Brothers.

* Katherine Jackson ( born Katherine Esther Scruse on May 4, 1930 ) the mother of music superstars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson was born in the same county as Eufaula.

Glenda Jackson plays Vicky Allesio, a divorced mother of two.

It was at this battle that Andrew Jackson found an Indian boy next to the body of his mother.

It is also the burial site of Stonewall Jackson's mother, Julia Neale Jackson in Westlake Cemetery.

The grave of Julia Neale Jackson, mother of Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson, is located in Westlake Cemetery in Ansted.

* Was mother of Ronald David Jackson (" Ronnie ") with Clyde McPhatter of The Drifters, although Ronnie grew up believing that his father was Brown's former companion and accompanist Willis " Gator " Jackson.

Jett Jackson previously lived with his actress mother in Los Angeles, but missed his home and his friends.

" On the October 9 concert, his mother Katherine Jackson and his brothers Jackie and Marlon were acknowledged in the audience.

Ja ' net Dubois, who co-starred on Good Times with Jackson in the 1970s, plays her mother in the video.

Vivien was born in London, England to a wealthy British father and an American mother from Jackson, Michigan.

She had a role in Shaft, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, as the murder victim's mother.

In 2010, Cusack joined the Showtime drama / comedy Shameless, as Sheila Jackson, the mother of Karen Jackson ( Laura Slade Wiggins ).