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- An East Roman (Byzantine) empress, Irene of Athens (752-803) convened the Seventh Ecumenical Council and restored the veneration of icons in the Byzantine Empire. Her usurpation of the imperial throne created a theoretical justification for the coronation of Charlemagne.
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Princess Irene of the Netherlands (Irene Emma Elisabeth; born 5 August 1939) is the second child of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard. In 1964, she converted to Catholicism and married the then-Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma in a Catholic ceremony in Rome, thus forfeiting her place in the royal succession. Since their ...
May 11, 2023 · The sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and the late former King Constantine II of Greece, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark has led a colourful life. By Natasha Leake. 11 May 2024. Keystone/Getty Images. She has ties to major royal families in Europe. Yet these days Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark prefers to keep a low profile.
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark R.E. ( Greek: Ειρήνη; born 11 May 1942) is the youngest child and second daughter of King Paul of the Hellenes and his wife, Queen Frederica. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of the Hellenes.
Aug 5, 2019 · 5th August 2019. Born just before the outbreak of the Second World War in the Netherlands, this Dutch Princess received the name Irene for the Greek goddess of peace. Princess Irene of the...
Born on 5 August 1939, Irene is the younger sister of Queen Beatrix, however, she forfeited her role in the succession of the Dutch monarchy after she converted to Catholicism in order to marry...
Pronunciation: EYE-REE-nee. Born in Athens around 752; died on August 9, 803, on Lesbos; parents unknown, probably noble; grew up an Athenian orphan; married Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (r. 775–780), in December 769; children: son, Constantine VI (b. 771), emperor of Byzantium (r. 780–797).
Nov 15, 2017 · Empress Irene was the wife of Leo IV and, on her husband's death, she reigned as regent for her son Constantine VI from 780 to 790 CE. From 797 to 802 CE she ruled as emperor in her own right, the first woman to do so in Byzantine history. During her lacklustre reign, Irene ruthlessly schemed and plotted to keep the throne she would lose and ...
