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Theodora Doukaina Selvo

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101:, wrote a chapter entitled "De Veneti ducis uxore quae prius nimium delicata, demum toto corpore computruit" ("Of the Venetian Doge's wife, whose body, after her excessive delicacy, entirely rotted away.") about an unnamed Byzantine princess whose manners he considered scandalously lavish and which brought to her a horrible death as a divine punishment. This woman has been mistakenly (since Damian died 1072) identified with Domenico Selvo's wife by later Venetian chroniclers (incl. Andrea Dandolo and 177:"she scorned even to wash herself in common water, obliging her servants instead to collect the dew that fell from the heavens for her to bathe in. Nor did she deign to touch her food with her fingers, but would command her eunuchs to cut it up into small pieces, which she would impale on a certain golden instrument with two prongs and thus carry to her mouth. Her rooms, too, were so heavy with incense and various perfumes (...)" (Damianus as cited by 290:
Hodgson, Francis Cotterell. The Early History of Venice: From the Foundation to the Conquest of Constantinople, A.D. 1204. G. Allen, 1901. pp. 191–192 (
105:) followed afterwards by various modern authors; however since the work in which Damianus' chapter is contained is dated ca 1059 it refers probably to 400: 410: 162: 420: 335: 311: 86:(1075), it is assumed she died after this last date. It is not known if she had children, and she is not mentioned otherwise. 188: 415: 102: 98: 405: 62: 152: 395: 229: 106: 377: 360: 331: 307: 291: 279: 194: 184: 158: 54: 31: 213: 83: 70: 66: 50: 23: 389: 75: 58: 297: 94: 301: 273: 283: 367: 38: 198: 34: 303:
Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations
306:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 46–47. 134: 132: 130: 128: 126: 124: 122: 275:
The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography
53:, Theodora Doukaina was the second daughter of 8: 82:As she is mentioned as alive in the work of 346: 183:(1st American ed.). New York: Knopf. 329:Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society 234:Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society 138: 118: 157:. Penguin Books Limited. p. 69. 7: 109:who had died a half century before. 65:. After 1071 she became the wife of 151:Norwich, John Julius (2003-07-03). 90:Confusion with Maria Argyropoulaina 322:Works confusing Theodora and Maria 14: 16:Byzantine princess and dogaressa 401:Daughters of Byzantine emperors 272:Polemis, Demetrios I. (1968). 1: 327:Henisch, Bridget Ann (1976), 278:. London: The Athlone Press. 218:Storia documentata di Venezia 179:Norwich, John Julius (1982). 411:11th-century Byzantine women 73:, who received the title of 421:11th-century Venetian women 30:) (1058– after 1075) was a 437: 340:Staley, Edgcumbe (c1910), 374: 365: 349: 103:Marino Sanuto the Younger 27: 342:The Dogaressas of Venice 226:The Dogaressas of Venice 99:Cardinal Bishop of Ostia 354:Unconfirmed predecessor 63:Eudokia Makrembolitissa 20:Theodora Anna Doukaina 416:Dogaressas of Venice 107:Maria Argyropoulaina 61:by his second wife, 368:Dogaressa of Venice 361:Grimelda of Hungary 181:A history of Venice 154:A History of Venice 59:Constantine X Dukas 357:Title last held by 238:Venezia e Bisanzio 384: 383: 375:Succeeded by 164:978-0-14-193678-9 79:at the occasion. 428: 347: 317: 298:Nicol, Donald M. 287: 259: 256: 250: 247: 241: 210: 204: 202: 175: 169: 168: 148: 142: 136: 29: 28:Θεοδώρα Δούκαινα 436: 435: 431: 430: 429: 427: 426: 425: 386: 385: 380: 371: 358: 355: 324: 314: 296: 271: 268: 263: 262: 258:Nicol, pp.46-47 257: 253: 248: 244: 211: 207: 191: 178: 176: 172: 165: 150: 149: 145: 137: 120: 115: 92: 84:Michael Psellos 47: 17: 12: 11: 5: 434: 432: 424: 423: 418: 413: 408: 406:Doukid dynasty 403: 398: 388: 387: 382: 381: 378:Cornella Bembo 376: 373: 364: 356: 353: 345: 344: 338: 323: 320: 319: 318: 312: 294: 288: 267: 264: 261: 260: 251: 249:Hodgson, p.192 242: 205: 189: 170: 163: 143: 117: 116: 114: 111: 91: 88: 71:Doge of Venice 67:Domenico Selvo 51:Constantinople 46: 43: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 433: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 407: 404: 402: 399: 397: 394: 393: 391: 379: 370: 369: 363: 362: 352: 348: 343: 339: 337: 336:0-271-01230-7 333: 330: 326: 325: 321: 315: 313:0-521-34157-4 309: 305: 304: 299: 295: 292: 289: 285: 281: 277: 276: 270: 269: 265: 255: 252: 246: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 220:), Molmenti ( 219: 215: 209: 206: 200: 196: 192: 186: 182: 174: 171: 166: 160: 156: 155: 147: 144: 141:, p. 54. 140: 135: 133: 131: 129: 127: 125: 123: 119: 112: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 89: 87: 85: 80: 78: 77: 76:protoproedros 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 44: 42: 40: 36: 33: 25: 21: 396:1050s births 366: 359: 350: 341: 328: 302: 274: 266:Bibliography 254: 245: 237: 236:), Pertusi ( 233: 225: 224:), Staley ( 222:la Dogaressa 221: 217: 208: 180: 173: 153: 146: 139:Polemis 1968 95:Peter Damian 93: 81: 74: 48: 19: 18: 232:, Henisch ( 230:Kretschmayr 390:Categories 372:1075–1083 190:0394524101 284:299868377 55:Byzantine 39:dogaressa 32:Byzantine 300:(1988). 212:such as 57:emperor 49:Born in 35:princess 214:Romanin 199:8033556 351:Vacant 334:  310:  282:  197:  187:  161:  97:, the 240:) etc 113:Notes 24:Greek 332:ISBN 308:ISBN 280:OCLC 195:OCLC 185:ISBN 159:ISBN 45:Life 37:and 228:), 392:: 193:. 121:^ 69:, 41:. 26:: 316:. 293:) 286:. 216:( 203:) 201:. 167:. 22:(

Index

Greek
Byzantine
princess
dogaressa
Constantinople
Byzantine
Constantine X Dukas
Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Domenico Selvo
Doge of Venice
protoproedros
Michael Psellos
Peter Damian
Cardinal Bishop of Ostia
Marino Sanuto the Younger
Maria Argyropoulaina







Polemis 1968
A History of Venice
ISBN
978-0-14-193678-9
ISBN
0394524101
OCLC

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