Dobrodeia of Kiev

Dobrodeia of Kiev
Basilissa
Dobrodeia-Eupraxia on a 2016 Ukrainian stamp
Empress of the Byzantine Empire
Tenurec. 1122–1131
Bornc. 1108
Kiev, Kievan Rus'
Died16 November 1131
SpouseAlexios Komnenos
HouseMonomakhovichi
FatherMstislav I of Kiev
MotherChristina Ingesdotter of Sweden

Dobrodeia Mstislavna of Kiev (Cyrillic: Добродея Мстиславна; baptized Eupraxia [Εὐπραξία] or Irene [Εἰρήνη]; died 16 November 1131) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to co-emperor Alexios Komnenos. She was also an author on medicine.[1]

  1. ^ "Dobrotvora (Dobrodeia Eupraxia Mstyslavivna, the granddaughter of Volodymyr Monomakh. Doctor of the 12th century)". UU Archive.