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Theophano

941 - 976

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Theophano (Greek: Θεοφανώ, romanized: Theophanō; c. 941 – after 978) was a Greek woman from the region of Laconia, who became Byzantine empress by marriage to emperors Romanos II and Nikephoros II. In 963, between the deaths of Romanos and her marriage to Nikephoros, she was regent for her sons, Basil II and Constantine VIII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theophano has received more than 13,566 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Theophano is the 2,787th most popular politician (down from 2,744th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Greece (up from 196th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Greek Politician.

Theophano is most famous for being the wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and Byzantine Emperor.

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  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theophano ranks 2,787 out of 19,576Before her are Cao Fang, Sheikh Hasina, Tiu, Abdul Rahman Arif, Sigismund of Burgundy, and Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia. After her are Gudrun Burwitz, Chilperic I, Absalon, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Bolesław Bierut, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 941, Theophano ranks 2Before her is Lothair of France. After her are Brian Boru, and Lê Hoàn. Among people deceased in 976, Theophano ranks 4Before her are John I Tzimiskes, Emperor Taizu of Song, and Al-Hakam II. After her are Pietro IV Candiano, and Helen of Zadar.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theophano ranks 184 out of 1,024Before her are Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896), Admetus (null), and Aelia Eudocia (401). After her are Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Thrasybulus (-440), Karolos Papoulias (1929), Herodes Atticus (101), Leochares (-400), and Nearchus (-356).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Theophano ranks 66Before her are Pleistarchus (-500), Brasidas (-500), Cleomenes I (-600), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), and Admetus (null). After her are Karolos Papoulias (1929), Herodes Atticus (101), Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Telamon (null), Calchas (null), and Caranus of Macedon (-900).