Maria (wife of Leo III), the Glossary
Maria (Greek: Μαρία; died after 718) was the empress consort of Leo III the Isaurian of the Byzantine Empire.[1]
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29 relations: Anastasius II (emperor), Anatolic Theme, Anna (wife of Artabasdos), Armeniac Theme, Artabasdos, Byzantine army, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty, Constantine V, Constantine VII, Coup d'état, De Ceremoniis, Germanus I of Constantinople, Greek language, Hagia Sophia, Justinian II, Leo III the Isaurian, List of Augustae, List of Roman and Byzantine empresses, Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, Philippicus, Siege of Constantinople (717–718), Strategos, Theme (Byzantine district), Theodora of Khazaria, Theodosius III, Twenty Years' Anarchy, Tzitzak, Umayyad Caliphate.
- 8th-century Byzantine empresses
- Isaurian dynasty
- Leo III the Isaurian
- Mothers of Byzantine emperors
Anastasius II (emperor)
Artemius Anastasius (Artémios Anastásios; died 719), known as Anastasius II, was the Byzantine emperor from 713 to 715. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Anastasius II (emperor) are 7th-century births.
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Anatolic Theme
The Anatolic Theme (Άνατολικόν, Anatolikon), more properly known as the Theme of the Anatolics (Greek: θέμα Άνατολικῶν, thema Anatolikōn), was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) in central Asia Minor (modern Turkey).
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Anna (wife of Artabasdos)
Anna (Greek: Άννα, fl. 715–773) was the wife of Artabasdos, one of two rival Byzantine emperors in a civil war which lasted from June, 741 to November, 743. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Anna (wife of Artabasdos) are 8th-century Byzantine empresses, 8th-century deaths, Augustae, Isaurian dynasty and leo III the Isaurian.
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Armeniac Theme
The Armeniac Theme (Ἀρμενιακόν, Armeniakoi), more properly the Theme of the Armeniacs (Greek: θέμα Ἀρμενιακῶν, thema Armeniakōi), was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in northeastern Asia Minor (modern Turkey).
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Artabasdos
Artabasdos or Artavasdos (Ἀρταύασδος or Ἀρτάβασδος, from Armenian: Արտավազդ, Artavazd, Ardavazt), Latinized as Artabasdus, was a Byzantine general of Armenian descent who seized the throne from June 741 until November 743, in usurpation of the reign of Constantine V. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Artabasdos are Isaurian dynasty and leo III the Isaurian.
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Byzantine army
The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Isaurian dynasty (or Syrian dynasty) from 717 to 802. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty are Isaurian dynasty.
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Constantine V
Constantine V (Kōnstantīnos; Constantinus; July 718 – 14 September 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Constantine V are Isaurian dynasty and leo III the Isaurian.
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Constantine VII
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959.
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Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
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De Ceremoniis
The (fully De cerimoniis aulae Byzantinae) is the conventional Latin name for a Greek book of ceremonial protocol at the court of the Byzantine emperors in Constantinople.
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Germanus I of Constantinople
Germanus I (Germanus, Greek: Γερμανός; c. 634 – 733 or 740) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 715 to 730. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Germanus I of Constantinople are leo III the Isaurian.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia ('Holy Wisdom'), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Justinian II
Justinian II (Iustinianus; Ioustinianós; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "the Slit-Nosed" (Rhinotmetus; ho Rhīnótmētos), was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711.
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Leo III the Isaurian
Leo III the Isaurian (Leōn ho Isauros; Leo Isaurus; 685 – 18 June 741), also known as the Syrian, was Byzantine Emperor from 717 until his death in 741 and founder of the Isaurian dynasty. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Leo III the Isaurian are Isaurian dynasty.
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List of Augustae
Augusta (plural; αὐγούστα) was a Roman imperial honorific title given to empresses and women of the imperial families. Maria (wife of Leo III) and List of Augustae are Augustae.
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List of Roman and Byzantine empresses
The Roman empresses were the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire.
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Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (Maslama ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, in Greek sources Μασαλμᾶς, Masalmas; – 24 December 738) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most prominent Arab generals of the early decades of the 8th century, leading several campaigns against the Byzantine Empire and the Khazar Khaganate.
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Philippicus
Philippicus (Filepicus; Philippikós) was Byzantine emperor from 711 to 713. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Philippicus are 7th-century births.
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Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
The second Arab siege of Constantinople was a combined land and sea offensive in 717–718 by the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate against the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople. Maria (wife of Leo III) and siege of Constantinople (717–718) are leo III the Isaurian.
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Strategos
Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (στρατηγός, pl.; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general.
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Theme (Byzantine district)
The themes or (θέματα,, singular) were the main military and administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire.
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Theodora of Khazaria
Theodora of Khazaria (Greek: Θεοδώρα τῶν Χαζάρων) was Byzantine empress as the second wife of Justinian II. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Theodora of Khazaria are 7th-century births, 8th-century Byzantine empresses, 8th-century deaths and Mothers of Byzantine emperors.
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Theodosius III
Theodosius III (Theodósios) was Byzantine emperor from to 25 March 717. Maria (wife of Leo III) and Theodosius III are 8th-century deaths.
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Twenty Years' Anarchy
The Twenty Years' Anarchy is a historiographic term used by some modern scholars for the period of acute internal instability in the Byzantine Empire marked by the rapid succession of several emperors to the throne between the first deposition of Justinian II in 695 and the ascent of Leo III the Isaurian to the throne in 717, marking the beginning of the Isaurian dynasty.
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Tzitzak
Tzitzak (Τζιτζάκ; died 750), baptised Irene (Irini), was a Khazar princess, the daughter of khagan Bihar, who became empress by marriage to Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775). Maria (wife of Leo III) and Tzitzak are 8th-century Byzantine empresses, Isaurian dynasty and Mothers of Byzantine emperors.
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Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.
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See also
8th-century Byzantine empresses
- Anna (wife of Artabasdos)
- Eudokia (wife of Constantine V)
- Irene of Athens
- Maria (wife of Constantine V)
- Maria (wife of Leo III)
- Maria of Amnia
- Theodora of Khazaria
- Theodote (empress)
- Tzitzak
Isaurian dynasty
- Anna (wife of Artabasdos)
- Artabasdos
- Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty
- Constantine V
- Constantine VI
- Eudokia (wife of Constantine V)
- Euphrosyne (9th century)
- Irene of Athens
- Leo III the Isaurian
- Leo IV the Khazar
- Maria (wife of Constantine V)
- Maria (wife of Leo III)
- Maria of Amnia
- Nikephoros (Caesar)
- Theodote (empress)
- Tzitzak
Leo III the Isaurian
- Agallianos Kontoskeles
- Anastasius of Constantinople
- Anna (wife of Artabasdos)
- Artabasdos
- Basil Onomagoulos
- Basil the Confessor
- Battle of Akroinon
- Byzantine Iconoclasm
- Constantine V
- Eutychius (exarch)
- Germanus I of Constantinople
- Leo III the Isaurian
- Maria (wife of Leo III)
- Miliaresion
- Paul (exarch)
- Pope Gregory II
- Pope Gregory III
- Scholasticus
- Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
- Siege of Nicaea (727)
- Synods of Rome (731)
- Theodosia of Constantinople
Mothers of Byzantine emperors
- Aelia Eudoxia
- Aelia Flaccilla
- Anastasia (wife of Constantine IV)
- Anna Dalassene
- Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)
- Anna of Savoy
- Ariadne (empress)
- Basilina
- Constantina (empress)
- Domentzia
- Elena Asenina of Bulgaria
- Eudokia Ingerina
- Eudokia Makrembolitissa
- Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
- Fabia Eudokia
- Fausta
- Fausta (wife of Constans II)
- Gregoria
- Helena Dragaš
- Helena Kantakouzene
- Helena Lekapene
- Helena, mother of Constantine I
- Irene Asanina
- Irene Doukaina
- Irene Gattilusio
- Irene Laskarina
- Irene of Athens
- Irene of Hungary
- Keratsa of Bulgaria
- Maria (wife of Leo III)
- Maria of Alania
- Maria of Antioch
- Martina (empress)
- Prokopia
- Rita of Armenia
- Thekla (wife of Michael II)
- Theodora (wife of Romanos I)
- Theodora (wife of Theophilos)
- Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
- Theodora Palaiologina (Byzantine empress)
- Theodora of Khazaria
- Theodosia (wife of Leo V)
- Theophano (born Anastaso)
- Tzitzak
- Vigilantia
- Zenonis
- Zoe Karbonopsina
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_(wife_of_Leo_III)
Also known as Maria, wife of Leo III.