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112:, 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 188:"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 301:
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 (
116:) followed afterwards by various modern authors; however since the work in which Damianus' chapter is contained is dated ca 1059 it refers probably to 388: 17: 411: 97:(1075), it is assumed she died after this last date. It is not known if she had children, and she is not mentioned otherwise. 421: 173: 431: 346: 322: 199: 426: 163: 113: 109: 416: 73: 302: 406: 240: 117: 8: 371: 342: 318: 290: 205: 195: 169: 65: 42: 312: 284: 224: 94: 81: 77: 61: 34: 400: 294: 86: 69: 308: 209: 105: 378: 49: 45: 314:
Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations
317:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 46–47. 145: 143: 141: 139: 137: 135: 133: 100: 332: 286:
The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography
130: 398: 64:, Theodora Doukaina was the second daughter of 93:As she is mentioned as alive in the work of 194:(1st American ed.). New York: Knopf. 340:Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society 245:Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society 282: 189: 161: 149: 14: 399: 307: 168:. Penguin Books Limited. p. 69. 120:who had died a half century before. 76:. After 1071 she became the wife of 162:Norwich, John Julius (2003-07-03). 101:Confusion with Maria Argyropoulaina 24: 333:Works confusing Theodora and Maria 25: 443: 27:Byzantine princess and dogaressa 412:Daughters of Byzantine emperors 276: 283:Polemis, Demetrios I. (1968). 263: 254: 217: 182: 155: 13: 1: 338:Henisch, Bridget Ann (1976), 289:. London: The Athlone Press. 229:Storia documentata di Venezia 190:Norwich, John Julius (1982). 422:11th-century Byzantine women 84:, who received the title of 7: 432:11th-century Venetian women 41:) (1058– after 1075) was a 10: 448: 351:Staley, Edgcumbe (c1910), 18:Teodora Anna Dukaina Selvo 385: 376: 360: 114:Marino Sanuto the Younger 38: 353:The Dogaressas of Venice 237:The Dogaressas of Venice 123: 110:Cardinal Bishop of Ostia 365:Unconfirmed predecessor 74:Eudokia Makrembolitissa 55: 31:Theodora Anna Doukaina 427:Dogaressas of Venice 118:Maria Argyropoulaina 72:by his second wife, 379:Dogaressa of Venice 372:Grimelda of Hungary 192:A history of Venice 165:A History of Venice 70:Constantine X Dukas 368:Title last held by 249:Venezia e Bisanzio 395: 394: 386:Succeeded by 175:978-0-14-193678-9 90:at the occasion. 16:(Redirected from 439: 358: 357: 328: 309:Nicol, Donald M. 298: 270: 267: 261: 258: 252: 221: 215: 213: 186: 180: 179: 159: 153: 147: 40: 39:Θεοδώρα Δούκαινα 21: 447: 446: 442: 441: 440: 438: 437: 436: 397: 396: 391: 382: 369: 366: 335: 325: 279: 274: 273: 269:Nicol, pp.46-47 268: 264: 259: 255: 222: 218: 202: 187: 183: 176: 160: 156: 148: 131: 126: 103: 95:Michael Psellos 58: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 445: 435: 434: 429: 424: 419: 417:Doukid dynasty 414: 409: 393: 392: 389:Cornella Bembo 387: 384: 375: 367: 364: 356: 355: 349: 334: 331: 330: 329: 323: 305: 299: 278: 275: 272: 271: 262: 260:Hodgson, p.192 253: 216: 200: 181: 174: 154: 128: 127: 125: 122: 102: 99: 82:Doge of Venice 78:Domenico Selvo 62:Constantinople 57: 54: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 444: 433: 430: 428: 425: 423: 420: 418: 415: 413: 410: 408: 405: 404: 402: 390: 381: 380: 374: 373: 363: 359: 354: 350: 348: 347:0-271-01230-7 344: 341: 337: 336: 326: 324:0-521-34157-4 320: 316: 315: 310: 306: 303: 300: 296: 292: 288: 287: 281: 280: 266: 257: 250: 246: 242: 238: 234: 231:), Molmenti ( 230: 226: 220: 211: 207: 203: 197: 193: 185: 177: 171: 167: 166: 158: 152:, p. 54. 151: 146: 144: 142: 140: 138: 136: 134: 129: 121: 119: 115: 111: 107: 98: 96: 91: 89: 88: 87:protoproedros 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 53: 51: 47: 44: 36: 32: 19: 407:1050s births 377: 370: 361: 352: 339: 313: 285: 277:Bibliography 265: 256: 248: 247:), Pertusi ( 244: 236: 235:), Staley ( 233:la Dogaressa 232: 228: 219: 191: 184: 164: 157: 150:Polemis 1968 106:Peter Damian 104: 92: 85: 59: 30: 29: 243:, Henisch ( 241:Kretschmayr 401:Categories 383:1075–1083 201:0394524101 295:299868377 66:Byzantine 50:dogaressa 43:Byzantine 311:(1988). 223:such as 68:emperor 60:Born in 46:princess 225:Romanin 210:8033556 362:Vacant 345:  321:  293:  208:  198:  172:  108:, the 251:) etc 124:Notes 35:Greek 343:ISBN 319:ISBN 291:OCLC 206:OCLC 196:ISBN 170:ISBN 56:Life 48:and 239:), 403:: 204:. 132:^ 80:, 52:. 37:: 327:. 304:) 297:. 227:( 214:) 212:. 178:. 33:( 20:)

Index

Teodora Anna Dukaina Selvo
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

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