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2. Born in the purple - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Zoe Porphyrogenita - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Crusader Kings III - Wikipedia

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   Crusader Kings III. Crusader Kings III is a grand strategy role-playing video game set in the Middle Ages, developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Crusader Kings (2004) and Crusader Kings II (2012). The game was released on PC on 1 September 2020 and on the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 on ...

5. Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy - Wikipedia

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   Porphyrogennētos (πορφυρογέννητος), "born in the purple" — Derived from Hellenistic bureaucracy, emperors wanting to emphasize the legitimacy of their ascent to the throne appended this title to their names, meaning they were born to a reigning emperor in the delivery room of the imperial palace (called the Porphyra because it ...

6. OS-tan - Wikipedia

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   During the initial sales event of the Windows 7 DSP edition, the official profile of the character has also been revealed. [47] It shows Madobe Nanami was born in 1992-04-06 (release date of Windows 3.1) 17 years of age(at the time of release), who lives in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Nanami is among an extended family of 16 members, and she has elder ...

7. Theodora Porphyrogenita - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia

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   Kievan Rus', [a] [b] also known as Kyivan Rus ', [6] [7] was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities [8] in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic , Norse , [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and Finnic , it was ruled by the Rurik dynasty ...

9. Despot (court title) - Wikipedia

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   Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Despot or despotes (Greek: δεσπότης, translit. despótēs, lit. "lord, master") [1][2][n 1] was a senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperors, and initially denoted the heir-apparent of the Byzantine ...