Eudokia, wife of Justinian II
- Eudokia, wife of Justinian II
Eudokia was the first Empress consort of Justinian II of the Byzantine Empire.
Empress
The name and place of burial of Eudokia in the Church of the Holy Apostles was recorded in De Ceremoniis by Constantine VII. However little else is known of her.
She is presumed to have been married to Justinian II during his first reign (685 - 695) and to have either predeceased him or divorced him by the time of his second marriage to Theodora of Khazaria in 703.
A daughter of Justinian is reported by the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor and the "Chronographikon syntomon" of Ecumenical Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople to have been betrothed to Tervel of Bulgaria between 704 and 705. Her name is presumed to have been Anastasia, after her paternal grandmother. She is the only known child attributed to Eudokia.
Possible descendants
Modern genealogists have theorised Eudokia and Justinian II may have descendants among later Bulgarian and Byzantine royalty and nobility. The theories rely on the successful marriage of her daughter "Anastasia" to Tervel of Bulgaria. However the Byzantine chroniclers give us only fragmentary knowledge of the Bulgarian royal lineages of her time and no clear description of the relations the Bulgarian monarchs had to each other. Thus there is little evidence to support them beyond the theoretical level.
Among the theorised grandchildren of Eudokia are Telerig of Bulgaria [ [http://fabpedigree.com/s052/f939435.htm James Dow Allen, "Ancient Genealogical Allegations"] ] and Maria, wife of Leo III the Isaurian [ [http://www.angelfire.com/ego/et_deo/empire2britain.wps.htm David Hughes, "Five descent-lines of Queen Elizabeth of Britain from Julia, sister of Julius Caesar" (2005)] ] . However such close relations between the two would be rather unlikely to escape the notice of Theophanes.
References
External links
* [http://www.roman-emperors.org/eudoj.htm#N_2_ A short profile of her by Lynda Garland]
* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM.htm#_Toc176857620 A listing of Constantine III with descendants and their spouses in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley.]
* [http://fabpedigree.com/s011/f757742.htm A pedigree of her, with alleged descedants]
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