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Traditionally, born in the purple[ 1] (sometimes "born to the purple") was a category of members of royal families born during the reign of their parent. This notion was later loosely expanded to include all children born of prominent or high-ranking parents. [ 2] The parents must be prominent at the time of the child's birth so that the child ...
Zoe Porphyrogenita. Zoe Porphyrogenita (also spelled Zoë; Greek: Ζωή Πορφυρογέννητη, Medieval Greek: [zoˈi] "life"; c. 978 – 1050) was a member of the Macedonian dynasty who briefly reigned as Byzantine empress in 1042, alongside her sister Theodora. Before that she was enthroned as empress consort or empress mother to a ...
Helena. Theodora Porphyrogenita [a] ( Greek: Θεοδώρα Πορφυρογέννητη, romanized : Theodṓra Porphyrogénnētē; c. 980 – 31 August 1056) was Byzantine Empress from 21 April 1042 to her death on 31 August 1056, and sole ruler from 11 January 1055. She was the last sovereign of the Macedonian dynasty, that ruled the ...
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o ( US: / luːˈpiːtə ˈnjɔːŋoʊ / loo-PEE-tə NYAWNG-oh, Swahili: [luˈpitɑ ˈɲɔŋɔ] ⓘ, Spanish: [luˈpita ˈɲoŋɡo]; born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan and Mexican actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, and nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and ...
Ladda Tammy Duckworth[2](born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guardlieutenant colonelserving as the juniorUnited States senatorfrom Illinoissince 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional districtin the United States House of Representativesfrom 2013 to 2017.
Mongolian spot is a congenital developmental condition—that is, one existing from birth—exclusively involving the skin.The blue colour is caused by melanocytes, melanin-containing cells, that are usually located in the surface of the skin (the epidermis), but are in the deeper region (the dermis) in the location of the spot. [6]
Leontia (Greek: Λεοντία, 457 – after 479) was the daughter of the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I.. Biography. Leontia was the daughter of Emperor Leo I and his wife Verina; she was younger sister of Ariadne, but, unlike her, she could claim to be porphyrogenita, "born in the purple", because she was born during the first year of reign of her father (457).
Sukhavati ( IAST: Sukhāvatī; "Blissful") is the pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism. It is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land and is the most well-known of Buddhist pure lands due to the popularity of Pure Land Buddhism in East Asia .