{"slug": "theodora-wife-of-theophilos", "label": "Theodora (wife of Theophilos)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_%28wife_of_Theophilos%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001", "qid": "Q230001", "description": "9th-century Byzantine empress, wife of Theophilos", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [815, 857], "span_label": ["815 CE", "857 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Theodora II"], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "michael-iii", "label": "Michael III", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "theophilos-emperor", "label": "Theophilos (emperor)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hagia-sophia", "label": "Hagia Sophia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenians", "label": "Armenians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arab-muslims", "label": "Arab Muslims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eastern-orthodox-church", "label": "Eastern Orthodox Church", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iconoclasm", "label": "Iconoclasm", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 815, "year_label": "815 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theodora, Byzantine empress (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348647036#Births", "title": "815", "revid": 1348647036, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 830, "year_label": "830 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Emperor Theophilos, 16, marries the Armenian noblewoman Theodora, in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople. He chooses her during a representation of a bride-show; she becomes empress (Augusta) of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359310799#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "830", "revid": 1359310799, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 842, "year_label": "842 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Emperor Theophilos dies of dysentery at Constantinople, after a 12-year reign in which he expended much effort defending the eastern frontier against the invading Muslim Arabs. Theophilos is succeeded by his 2-year-old son Michael III, with his mother Theodora as regent and the 'temporary' sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256465#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "842", "revid": 1350256465, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 843, "year_label": "843 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Feast of Orthodoxy – Official end of Iconoclasm: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941897#Religion", "title": "843", "revid": 1340941897, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 856, "year_label": "856 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Emperor Michael III overthrows the regency of his mother Theodora. He appoints his uncle Bardas as the de facto regent and co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329734614#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "856", "revid": 1329734614, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 857, "year_label": "857 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Michael III, under the influence of his uncle Bardas, banishes his mother Theodora to the Gastria Monastery. Bardas, the de facto regent, becomes the most powerful person in the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267075868#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "857", "revid": 1267075868, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}