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Irene Doukaina

1066 - 1138

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Irene Doukaina or Ducaena (Greek: Εἰρήνη Δούκαινα, Eirēnē Doukaina; c. 1066 – 19 February 1138) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She was the mother of Emperor John II Komnenos and the historian Anna Komnene. She was initially heavily overshadowed and humiliated in influence and power by her mother-in-law Anna Dalassene, but after her retirement and death, Irene was able to exert increasing influence over her husband Alexios I Komnenos, and became powerful towards the end of his reign. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irene Doukaina has received more than 167,328 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Irene Doukaina is the 344th most popular companion (up from 363rd in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 470th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Turkish Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Irene Doukaina ranks 344 out of 673. Before her are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Pat Nixon, Empress Teimei, Eadgyth, Sophia of Minsk, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. After her are Agnes of Courtenay, Isabel of Coimbra, Dagmar of Bohemia, Adela of Pfalzel, Elizabeth the Cuman, and Princess Marie of Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1066, Irene Doukaina ranks 3. Before her are Henry, Count of Portugal and Tutush I. After her are Al-Afdal Shahanshah and Ilghazi. Among people deceased in 1138, Irene Doukaina ranks 4. Before her are Avempace, Bolesław III Wrymouth, and Antipope Anacletus II. After her are Ar-Rashid, Moses ibn Ezra, and Vsevolod of Pskov.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Irene Doukaina ranks 448 out of 1,301. Before her are Callippus (-370), Paul of Samosata (200), Stephanus of Byzantium (501), Eutropius (400), Ignatios of Constantinople (797), and Artemisia II of Caria (null). After her are Yılmaz Güney (1937), Parrhasius (-500), Fan Noli (1882), Leo I, King of Armenia (1150), Theodore of Mopsuestia (350), and Eutyches (380).

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Among COMPANIONS In Turkey

Among companions born in Turkey, Irene Doukaina ranks 17. Before her are Maria Laskarina (1206), Irene Angelina (1181), Anna Porphyrogenita (963), Licinia Eudoxia (422), Agnes of Antioch (1153), and Maria of Antioch (1145). After her are Despina Khatun (1438), Neslişah Sultan (1921), Artakama (-350), Zein Al-Sharaf Talal (1916), Laodice I (-300), and Anicia Juliana (462).

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