Ladies-in-waiting

thumb|Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Yusupova, a lady-in-waiting of the Imperial Court of Russia

Byzantine courtier; the wife of a consul and a lady-in-waiting to the Byzantine empress Theodora; Christian saint

wife of Belisarius (495-565)

Bulgarian princess

Bulgarian empress

thumb|right|250px|The daughters of Theodora (wife of Theophilos)|Theodora being instructed in the veneration of the icons by their grandmother Theoktiste. Miniature from the [[Madrid Skylitzes]] Theoktiste (), also known as Phlorina (Φλώρινα), was the mother of the 9th-century Byzantine empress Theodora, the wife of Emperor Theophilos.

chief attendant and assistant to the Byzantine Empress