Eudokia Porphyrogenita
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Eudokia Porphyrogenita (Medieval Greek: Ευδοκία Πορφυρογέννητη; 976 - after 1030) was the eldest daughter of emperor Constantine VIII, and a nun for the majority of her life of which little is certainly known.
Eudokia was born in 978, a princess of the Macedonian dynasty in Constantinople, and originally, as the eldest of Constantine’s three daughters, subject to considerable attention and suitors. However, Michael Psellos states "in childhood she had been attacked by some infectious illness, and her looks had been marred ever since”, and she was forced to enter a monastery at some point.[1] Whether she remained a nun or married is uncertain.
Modern genealogist Ronald Wells believes she married Andronikos Doukas, father of Constantine X Doukas and Caesar John Doukas, which would create a maternal connection between the Macedonian dynasty and the Doukas and Komnenos families.
References[edit]
- ↑ Michael Psellos, "Chronographia", Book 2, chapter 4
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