Eudokia Makrembolitissa

Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Augusta
Empress and Autocratess of the Romans
Contemporary miniature of empress Eudokia
Byzantine empress regnant
Reign22/23 May – 31 December 1067
PredecessorConstantine X Doukas
SuccessorRomanos IV Diogenes
Co-emperorsMichael VII Doukas
Konstantios Doukas
Byzantine regent
Regencylate September – late October 1071
MonarchMichael VII Doukas
Byzantine empress consort
Tenure1059–1067, 1068–1071
Bornc. 1030
Diedafter 1081
Spouse
(m. 1049; died 1067)
    (m. 1068; died 1072)
    Issueby Constantine X
    Michael VII Doukas
    A son
    Anne Doukaina
    Andronikos Doukas
    Theodora Doukaina
    Konstantios Doukas
    Zoe Doukaina
    by Romanos IV
    Nikephoros Diogenes
    Leo Diogenes
    DynastyDoukid (by marriage)
    Makrembolites (by birth)
    FatherJohn Makrembolites
    Mother... Keroularie
    ReligionOrthodox

    Eudokia Makrembolitissa (Greek: Εὐδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα, romanized: Evdokía Makremvolítissa) was a Byzantine empress by her successive marriages to Constantine X Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as ruler with her two sons in 1067, and resigned her rule by marriage to Romanos IV Diogenes. When he was deposed in 1071 she resumed the rule with her son Michael VII, but was soon forced to resign again.

    Because she essentially ruled in her own right during her rules and retained the title of empress, several modern scholars consider Eudokia to have been empress regnant in 1067 and some also in 1071.