Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa

• Preferred Name: Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: Angelos
  
• Alternate Name: Euphrosyne Kamatera Doukaina
  
• Alternate Name: Kastmorites
  
• Gender: F
  
• Birth: 1125 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75
  
• Death: 1195
  
• Death: 1195 in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75
  
• Burial: 1211
  
• Occupation: Empress Consort of Byzantine Empire, Empress in Istanbul, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey at LATI: N1.011 LONG: E8.9578 with note: Euphrosyne Doukaina Komnenos Angelos
  
• FSID: LRHQ-C3T
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Da. Eufrosina Kastamonitissa
  Inglés: Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
  Fecha de nacimiento: hacia 1125
  Lugar de Nacimiento: Bulgaria
  Defunción: hacia 1195 (61-78)
  Familia inmediata:
  
  Hija de Theodoros Kastamonites
  Esposa de Dn. Andronico Angelos de Bizancio
  Madre de Irini Angelina Kaloioannis; Zoja Sinadina; Maria Angelina; Theodora Angelina; Angelina Kaloioannis; Theodoros Kaloioannis; Alexios III, Byzantine Emperor; Dn. Isaac de Bizancio; Konstantinos Angelos; Manolis Komnenos; Ioannes Angelos y Andronikos Angelos « menos
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  Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa was a Byzantine noblewoman of the Kastamonites family, a wife of Andronikos Doukas Angelos (a cousin of the ruling Komnenos dynasty) and mother of the two future Byzantine emperors from the Angelos family: Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos.
  
  === Person note ===
  Euphrosyne married Alexios Angelos, the older brother of the future Emperor Isaac II Angelos in c. 1169. Although Isaac II bestowed many titles and honors upon his brother, Alexios seized the throne on April 8 , 1195 , desposing Isaac and proclaiming himself emperor. In this he was assisted by Euphrosyne, who had organized a party of aristocratic supporters. Euphrosyne took control of the palace and quelled the opposition herself, securing the accession of her husband to the throne by wholesale bribery.
  Euphrosyne was a dominating woman with a talent for politics, and she virtually ruled the Empire in the name of Alexios III, who was concerned primarily with pleasure and idle pursuits. She issued commands herself and even altered Alexios' decrees when it suited her. Euphrosyne and Alexios were criticized for their love of finery and the enrichment of their relatives at state expense. Her own brother, Basil Kamateros, and her son-in-law, Andronikos Kontostephanos, accused Euphrosyne of adultery with one of her ministers, a nobleman named Vatatzes. Alexios III believed the allegations and had Vatatzes executed. Euphrosyne was stripped of her imperial robes and banished to a convent at Nematarea in October 1196 . However, her relatives convinced Alexios to reinstate her, and she was recalled six months later in spring 1197.
  In 1203 , faced with the Fourth Crusade and the return of his nephew, Alexios IV Angelos , Alexios III fled Constantinople with a magnificent treasure and some female relatives, including his daughter Eirene. Euphrosyne was left behind and was immediately imprisoned by the new regime. Alexios IV was soon strangled by Alexios Doukas Mourtzouphlos , the lover of Euphrosyne's daughter Eudokia, who then proclaimed himself emperor as Alexios V. In April 1204 Euphrosyne fled the city along with her daughter and Alexios V, and they made their way to Mosynoupolis, where Euphrosyne's husband Alexios III had taken refuge. Alexios III had Alexios V blinded and abandoned to the crusaders, who had him executed.
  Euphrosyne and Alexios III fled across Greece to Thessalonica and Corinth , but were finally captured by Boniface of Montferrat and imprisoned. In 1209 or 1210 they were ransomed by their cousin Michael I of Epirus , and Euphrosyne spent the remainder of her life in Arta . She died in 1210 or 1211.

• m. ABT 1140 in Constantinople, Turkey

1. Isaac II Angelos, b. setiembre de 1156 in İstanbul, Turquía     d. 28 de janeiro de 1204 in İstanbul, Turquía
2. III.Alexios Angelos-dinasztia Komnenos-házi Bizánci császár, b. 1143 in Constantinople, İstanbul, Turkey     d. 1211 in Nicaea,Nicaean Empire Now Iznik,Tur, (prisoner in Nicaea, now, Iznik, Turkey)

1. Title: Euphrosyne Doukaina Komnenos Angelos
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Euphrosyne-Komnenos-Angelos/6000000002187821018?through=6000000007158512933;
   Note: Verified and reliable profile.
   
2. Title: Euphrosyne Kamateros
   Publication: Name: https://fabpedigree.com/s043/f338571.htm;
   
3. Title: Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
   Author: Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrosyne_Kastamonitissa;
   Note: Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa was a Byzantine noble woman of the Kastamonites family, a wife of Andronikos Doukas Angelos (a cousin of the ruling Komnenos dynasty) and mother of the two future Byzantine emperors from the Angelos family: Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos.
   
4. Title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_Doukas_Angelos
   Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_Doukas_Angelos
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_Doukas_Angelos;
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