Maria of Amnia

Maria of Amnia
Maria of Amnia
Empress of the Byzantine Empire
Tenure	788–795
Born	c. 770; Amnia, Paphlagonia; (now Central Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey)
Died	after 823
Spouse	Constantine VI
Issue; Detail	Euphrosyne, Byzantine Empress
Mother	Hypatia

Maria of Amnia (Greek: Μαρία, 770 – after 823) was a Byzantine empress, the first wife of Constantine VI.^[1] Through her mother Hypatia, Maria was a granddaughter of Saint Philaretos,^[2] a magnate from the Armeniakon Theme known for his charitable activities, a relation mentioned in his hagiography. Maria was born in Amnia, Paphlagonia.

^ Warren T. Treadgold (1988). The Byzantine Revival, 780-842. Stanford University Press.
^ Leslie Brubaker, Julia M. H. Smith (2004). Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300-900. The bride show described in this saint's life is the one which resulted in the marriage of Philaretos' granddaughter, Maria of Amnia, to Constantine VI, the son of the empress Eirene, in 788.

[1] Warren T. Treadgold (1988). The Byzantine Revival, 780-842. Stanford University Press.

[2] Leslie Brubaker, Julia M. H. Smith (2004). Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300-900. The bride show described in this saint's life is the one which resulted in the marriage of Philaretos' granddaughter, Maria of Amnia, to Constantine VI, the son of the empress Eirene, in 788.

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