{"slug": "sophia-empress", "label": "Sophia (empress)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_%28empress%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271671", "qid": "Q271671", "description": "Byzantine empress", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [530, 601], "span_label": ["530 CE", "601 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "justin-ii", "label": "Justin II", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diocese-of-egypt", "label": "Diocese of Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caesar-title", "label": "Caesar (title)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tiberius-ii-constantine", "label": "Tiberius II Constantine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "poitiers", "label": "Poitiers", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "true-cross", "label": "True Cross", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 530, "year_label": "530 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sophia, Byzantine Empress (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364758665#Births", "title": "530", "revid": 1364758665, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 566, "year_label": "566 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Justin II sends his cousin Justin to exile in Alexandria, where he is installed as Augustal prefect of Egypt. There he is murdered in his sleep, and his head is cut off and brought to Constantinople (most likely by assignment of Empress Sophia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749385#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "566", "revid": 1364749385, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 568, "year_label": "568 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Justin II and his wife Sophia send the Cross of Justin II (\"Vatican Cross\") to Rome, to improve the relations with the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751316#Religion", "title": "568", "revid": 1364751316, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 569, "year_label": "569 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Justin II and his wife Sophia send a relic of the \"True Cross\" to the Frankish princess Radegund, who has founded a monastery at Poitiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349645704#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "569", "revid": 1349645704, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 574, "year_label": "574 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Empress Sophia and Tiberius agree to a one year truce with the Persians, at the cost of 45,000 solidi. The truce applies only to the Mesopotamian front; in the Caucasus, war continues.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204925#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "574", "revid": 1349204925, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 578, "year_label": "578 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Emperor Justin II dies after several periods of insanity. On the advice of his wife Sophia, he has raised his general Tiberius to the rank of co-emperor (Caesar). From December 574 he has ruled jointly with Sophia, and now succeeds them as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801573#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "578", "revid": 1340801573, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 601, "year_label": "601 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sophia, Byzantine Empress consort (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364903478#Deaths", "title": "601", "revid": 1364903478, "section": "Deaths"}}]}