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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 is ...
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Constantine is frequently described as Porphyrogénnētos ("born in the purple"), a distinction granted to sons born to a reigning emperor in the imperial palace. [8] Manuel ruled a disintegrating and dwindling Byzantine Empire. [6] The catalyst of Byzantium's fall had been the arrival of the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia in the 11th century.
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 Byzantine Empire ...
Bertha of Sulzbach. Maria Komnene (or Comnena) (Greek: Μαρία Κομνηνή, Maria Komnēnē; Constantinople, March 1152 – July 1182) was the eldest daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos by his first wife, Bertha of Sulzbach. [1] She was known as the Porphyrogennete (Πορφυρογέννητη) or Porphyrogenita because she had ...
Constantine was born in Constantinople on 17/18 May 905, [4] an illegitimate son of Leo VI before an uncanonical fourth marriage. [5] To help legitimize him, his mother gave birth to him in the Purple Room of the imperial palace, hence his nickname Porphyrogennetos. [5]
Zoe was born when her father Constantine was nominal co-emperor to his brother, Basil II. After a planned marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Otto III in 996 failed to materialise, Zoe spent subsequent years in the imperial palace. Her uncle Basil died in 1025 when Zoe was 47, and her father acceded the Byzantine throne as Constantine VIII.
Pennsylvania Leaders In Both Parties Talk Ground Game As Gop Seeks To Undo Dem Gains: 'Massive Shift' For Trump supporters, the economy, inflation, national security and immigration came in as top ...