Irena Lekapene

Irena Lekapene (grčki Ειρήνη Λακαπηνή, bugarski Ирина Лакапина) bila je grčka plemkinja i bugarska carica, rođena kao Marija (Μαρία). Roditelji su joj bili grčki plemić Kristofor Lakapen^[1] i njegova supruga, Augusta Sofija^[2]. Preko oca, Irena je bila nećakinja patrijarha Teofilakta Carigradskog.

Irenin djed, bizantski car Roman I Lakapin, udao je Irenu 8. studenog 927. za cara Petra I od Bugarske. Petar i Irena dobili su trojicu sinova:

Izvori i bilješke

↑ MARIA Lekapene Arhivirano 2006-07-19 na Wayback Machine-u. "The wife of Tsar Peter is the (unnamed) daughter of Christoforos according to Liudprand, the marriage taking place just after the Tsar's accession after which she adopted the name IRINA."
↑ Charles William Previté-Orton (1975). Cambridge Medieval History, Shorter: Volume 1, The Later Roman Empire to the Twelfth Century. Volume 1 of The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. ISBN 0-521-09976-5. str. 256.

[1] MARIA Lekapene Arhivirano 2006-07-19 na Wayback Machine-u. "The wife of Tsar Peter is the (unnamed) daughter of Christoforos according to Liudprand, the marriage taking place just after the Tsar's accession after which she adopted the name IRINA."

[2] Charles William Previté-Orton (1975). Cambridge Medieval History, Shorter: Volume 1, The Later Roman Empire to the Twelfth Century. Volume 1 of The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. ISBN 0-521-09976-5. str. 256.

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