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Irene of Athens

752 - 803

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Irene of Athens (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire from 797 to 802. A member of the politically prominent Sarantapechos family, she was selected as Leo IV's bride for unknown reasons in 768. Even though her husband was an iconoclast, she harbored iconophile sympathies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irene of Athens has received more than 1,205,529 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Irene of Athens is the 581st most popular politician (up from 673rd in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Greece (up from 69th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Greek Politician.

Irene of Athens is most famous for being the wife of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V, and for her involvement in the iconoclastic controversy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Irene of Athens ranks 581 out of 19,576. Before her are Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, Hassan II of Morocco, Khosrow I, Macrinus, Philip III of France, and Hamid Karzai. After her are Tigranes the Great, Zubayr ibn al-Awam, Constantius II, Abdülaziz, Sitting Bull, and Abū Lahab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 752, Irene of Athens ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 803, Irene of Athens ranks 1. After her are Jaʻfar ibn Yahya, Kardam of Bulgaria, and Anselm, Duke of Friuli.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Irene of Athens ranks 61 out of 1,024. Before her are Antisthenes (-445), Miltiades (-540), Seleucus I Nicator (-358), Pyrrho (-365), Xanthippe (-500), and Polykleitos (-450). After her are Epaminondas (-418), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Handan Sultan (1574), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), and Isocrates (-436).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Irene of Athens ranks 16. Before her are Cleisthenes (-565), Solon (-638), Alcibiades (-450), Constantine II of Greece (1940), Peisistratos (-600), and Xanthippe (-500). After her are Epaminondas (-418), Handan Sultan (1574), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (-308), Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), and Constantine I of Greece (1868).

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