Theodora, widow of the Emperor Theophilus ( died 842 ), acted as regent during the minority of her son Michael III, who was said to have been introduced to dissolute habits by her brother Bardas.

Paschal died soon afterwards, but the Roman Curia refused him the honour of burial within St. Peter's Basilica, and he was buried in the basilica of Santa Prassede, which includes the famous Episcopa Theodora mosaic of his mother.

Constantine XI married twice: the first time on 1 July 1428 to Theodora Tocco, niece of Carlo I Tocco of Epirus, who died in November 1429 ; the second time to Caterina Gattilusio, daughter of Dorino of Lesbos, who also died, during childbirth, in 1442.

By his marriage to Theodora ( who died in 922 ), Romanos had six children, including:

Apparently a very plain woman, she was overlooked in favour of her sister Zoe, who was selected as the potential bride, but Otto III died before she could be wed. From that point onwards, Theodora lived a life of virtual total obscurity in the imperial gynaeceum until circumstances ( her uncle Basil II dying childless and her dying father not siring any sons ) forced her into the centre of imperial politics.

Theodora became gravely ill with an intestinal disorder in late August 1056, and died a few days later, on 31 August 1056, at the age of 76.

The eldest was Isaakios Doukas Vatatzes ( died 1261 ), who married and had two children: Ioannes Vatatzes ( born 1215 ), who married to Eudokia Angelina and had two daughters Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina, wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos, and Maria Vatatzaina, married to Michael Doukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes, Military Goveror of Thrace ; and a daughter, married to Konstantinos Strategopoulos.

In 548, Theodora died, and Emperor Justinian recalled John to Constantinople.

Then in 925 Theophylact of Tusculum and Alberic I of Spoleto also died ; this meant that within the course of a year, three of Pope John ’ s key supporters had died, leaving John dangerously exposed to the ambitions of Theophylact ’ s daughter, Marozia, who, it was said, resented John ’ s alleged affair with her mother Theodora.

He had married twice, firstly in Constantinople ca 1318 or 1318 to a Kantakouzene ( died ca 1330 ), without issue, and secondly in 1330 – 1332, Theodora Syrgiannaina ( died 1347 / 1349 ), sister of the pinkernes (" cupbearer ") Syrgiannes Palaiologos Philanthropenos, with whom he fathered two children.

He died in New Rochelle, NY in 1958, survived by his second wife Theodora ( a pianist who had often accompanied him in concert ), their daughter Shoshana ( Rozanna ), his sister Freydele ( a Yiddish theater actress and singer ) and her husband Harold Sternberg, a chorister in the Metropolitan opera.

Evidence of this is given by his marriage to the Byzantine princess Theodora Angelina and his attempt to mediate between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Pope Gregory IX, which he was working on when he died in 1230 in Italy.

His wife Theodora died a few weeks later.

In December 1878, Francis married Charlotte Forten, a noted educator and author, and had one daughter, Theodora Cornelia, who died as an infant.

Saints Theodora and Didymus ( died 304 ) are Christian saints whose legend is based on a 4th century acta and the word of Saint Ambrose.

Julius Constantius ( died September 337 ) was a politician of the Roman Empire and a member of the Constantinian dynasty, being a son of Emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife Flavia Maximiana Theodora, a younger half-brother of Emperor Constantine I and the father of Emperor Julian.

The marriage was short and childless: Baldwin died only a few years later in 1162, leaving Theodora a widow at the age of about 17.

* Lady Margaret Theodora May Catherine Browne ( d. 1940 ), married G. C. Douglas in 1889, died childless.

The brothers and sisters were modeled on her four younger siblings: Jane Andrews Woolsey, born October 25, 1836, who married Reverend Henry Albert Yardley ; Elizabeth Dwight Woolsey, born April 24, 1838, who married ♥ Daniel Coit Gilman and died in 1910 .; Theodora Walton Woolsey, born September 7, 1840 ; and William Walton Woolsey, born July 18, 1842, who married Catherine Buckingham Convers, daughter of Charles Cleveland Convers.

* Theodora ( 6th century ) ( c. 500 – June 28, 548 ), wife of Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire

Mastectomy for breast cancer was performed at least as early as 548 AD, when it was proposed by the court physician Aëtius of Amida to Theodora.

* Acacius, father of Theodora ( 6th century ) ( 500 – 548 ), empress of the Byzantine Empire

* Justinian I ( 565 ), Theodora ( 548 )

" Although an escape route across the sea lay open for the emperor, Theodora insisted that she would stay in the city, quoting an ancient saying, " Royalty is a fine burial shroud ," or perhaps, royal color " Purple makes a fine winding sheet.

Busir, perhaps seeking to use him in his political maneuverings with the Byzantine Empire, welcomed Justinian and gave him his sister in marriage ( the woman's Khazarian name is unknown, but she took the baptismal name of Theodora.

He was the eldest son of Alexios I of Trebizond and Theodora Axuchina, and was perhaps still a minor at the time of his father's death in 1222, as the throne passed to his brother-in-law, Andronikos I Gidos.

Although Andronikos was at that time fifty-six years old, age had not diminished his charms, and Theodora became the next victim of his artful seduction.

Finally, Andronikos and Theodora settled in the ancestral lands of the Komnenoi at Oinaion, on the shores of the Black Sea, between Trebizond and Sinope.

This he obtained, and was allowed to retire with Theodora into banishment at Oinaion.

He removed Theodora from the Great Palace to the Carian Palace and later to the monastery of Gastria, but, after the death of Bardas, she was released to live in the palace of St Mamas ; she also had a rural residence at the Anthemian Palace, where Michael was assassinated in 867.

The empress Theodora sympathized with the Monophysites and is said to have been a constant source of pro-Monophysite intrigues at the court in Constantinople in the earlier years.

For many at court, he did not go far enough: Theodora especially would have rejoiced to see the Monophysites favored unreservedly.

The splendour of the wedding between Orhan and Theodora at Salymbria ( Silivri ) is elaborately described by Byzantine writers.

In the following year, Orhan and Theodora visited his imperial father-in-law at Uskudar, ( then Chrysopolis ) the suburb of Constantinople on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus where there was a display of festive splendor.

This edict paved the way for Justinian to marry Theodora, a former mime actress, and eventually resulted in a major change to the old class distinctions at the Imperial court.

A delegation headed by the Patrician Constantine Cabasilas went to the monastery at Petrion to convince Theodora to become co-empress alongside her sister.

At an assembly at Hagia Sophia, the people escorted a furious Theodora from Petrion, and proclaimed her empress along with Zoe.

Theodora was made of firmer stuff ; at first she guaranteed Michael ’ s safety before she ordered that Michael be blinded and spend the rest of his life as a monk.

Although Theodora and Zoe appeared together at meetings of the Senate, or when they gave public audiences, it was soon apparent that their joint reign was under considerable strain.

Although officially Theodora and Zoe continued to be recognised as empresses and Theodora continued to appear at all official functions, all power devolved onto her brother-in-law.

This led to a popular uprising by the citizens of Constantinople in 1044, which was only quietened by the appearance of Zoe and Theodora at a balcony, who reassured the mob that they were not in any danger of assassination.

His protagonists were often young American women facing oppression or abuse, and as his secretary Theodora Bosanquet remarked in her monograph Henry James at Work:

During this time, he spent his leisure at the home of his uncle Bob Cowper, where he fell in love with his cousin Theodora, whom he wished to marry.

During a lengthened visit at Castell he fell in love with his cousin Theodora ; but the widowed countess, her mother, objected to the marriage, and the lady afterwards became the wife of Count Henry XXIX of Reuss and Zinzendorf married Reuss's sister Erdmuthe Dorothea.

Her first opportunity to present a piece came in October 1872, when she performed " Angels, ever bright and fair " from Handel's Theodora at the Norwich Festival.

A delegation headed by the Patrician Constantine Cabasilas went to the monastery at Petrion to convince Theodora to become co-empress alongside her sister.

At an assembly at Hagia Sophia, the people escorted a furious Theodora from Petrion, and proclaimed her empress along with Zoe.