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26 de abr. de 2022 · Maria Taronitissa. Birthdate: circa 1129. Death: after 1176. Immediate Family: Wife of John Doukas Komnenos. Partner of Manuel I Komnenos, byzantine emperor. Mother of Eirene of Komnenos; Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem; Theodora Komnèna, of Lathoumena; Alexios Komnenos and Alexios Komnenos, pinkernes.
- Maria Komnene, Queen consort of Jerusalem (c.1154 - 1217 ...
She was the daughter of John Komnenos, sometime Byzantine...
- Maria Komnene, Queen consort of Jerusalem (c.1154 - 1217 ...
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Maria was the daughter of the Byzantine protosebastos John Doukas Komnenos and Maria Taronitissa, and grandniece of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. The Byzantine Empire was a Greek Orthodox state that claimed suzerainty over the crusader states in the Levant. Nearly all of the Christian peasants in the Kingdom of Jerusalem belonged to the Greek Orthodox...
Wishing to restore alliance with the powerful Byzantine Empire, King Amalric took his vassals' advice and sent his butler, Odo of St Amand, and the archbishop of Caesarea, Ernesius, as envoys to Emperor Manuel. Negotiations for Amalric's marriage with one of the emperor's relatives lasted two years. Maria was eventually selected and sent to the Lev...
Maria's husband, Amalric, came down with dysentery in June 1174. On his deathbed, he granted the city of Nablus, formerly held by his mother, to Maria to be held in fief as dower. He died on 11 July. Maria may have taken part in the ensuing discussion about succession to the throne. Having no other son, Amalric was succeeded by 13-year-old Baldwin,...
The Third Crusade brought the reconquest of a strip of coast from Jaffa to Tyre in 1192, but the kingdom remained without Jerusalem itself. Balian died in 1194 and Maria did not remarry again. She retained an active role in family affairs. Isabella I married twice more and died in 1205. Maria's native Byzantine state, which had ceased to be a great...
A very hostile source, the Itinerarium Regis Ricardi, describes Maria as being "steeped in Greek filth from the cradle",and says that the character of her husband Balian "matched her own": Maria was resilient and adaptable, which enabled her to thrive politically in spite of unfavourable circumstances. Like her mother-in-law Melisende and rival Agn...
Bibliography
1. Hamilton, Bernard (1978). "Women in the Crusader States: The Queens of Jerusalem". In Baker, Derek (ed.). Medieval Women. Ecclesiastical History Society. ISBN 978-0631192602. 2. Hamilton, Bernard (2005). The Leper King and His Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521017473. 3. Hodgson, Natasha R. (2007). Women, Crusading and the Holy Land in Historical Narrative. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1843833321. 4. Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1973). Th...
- Maria Tarontinissa
- Komnenos dynasty
Taronites (Greek: Ταρωνίτης), feminine form Taronitissa (Ταρωνίτισσα), was the name of a noble Byzantine family, descended from the ruling family of the Armenian principality of Taron.
5 de nov. de 2015 · Maria Komnene Queen of Jerusalem (1154 – 1217 AD) Archbishop joining the hands of Amalric and Maria (13th c.) Maria was the daughter of John Doukas Komnenos, a Byzantine military governor in Cyprus, and Maria Taronitissa, a descendant of the ancient Armenian kings from Taron.
María Comneno (1154-c.1217) era hija de Juan Ducas Comneno, dux de Chipre y de María Taronitissa, una descendiente de antiguos reyes armenios. Su hermana Teodora fue la esposa de Bohemundo III de Antioquía . Reina de Jerusalén. Matrimonio de Amalarico I de Jerusalén con María Comnena.
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- Juan Ducas Comneno, María Taronitissa
María Comneno (1154-c.1217) era hija de Juan Ducas Comneno, dux de Chipre y de María Taronitissa, una descendiente de antiguos reyes armenios. Su hermana Teodora fue la esposa de Bohemundo III de Antioquía. Reina de Jerusalén. Matrimonio de Amalarico I de Jerusalén con María Comnena.
