Pulcheria
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Aelia Pulcheria (; ; 19 January 398 or 399 – July 453) was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother, the emperor Theodosius II, during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Pulcheria
- Royalty.succession
- Roman empress
- Royalty.moretext
- (in the East)
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.image
- Pulcheria coin.png
- Royalty.caption
- Solidus of Pulcheria
- Royalty.reign
- 25 August 450 – July 453
- Royalty.spouse
- Marcian
- Royalty.royal house
- House of Theodosius
- Royalty.dynasty
- Theodosian
- Royalty.father
- Arcadius
- Royalty.mother
- Aelia Eudoxia
- Royalty.birth_date
- 19 January 398 or 399
- Royalty.birth_place
- Constantinople
- Royalty.death_date
- July 453 (aged 53–55)
- Royalty.death_place
- Probably Constantinople
- Royalty.title
- Augusta
- Royalty.religion
- Nicene Christianity
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Constantinople
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Spouse
- Marcian
- Child
- Marcia Euphemia
- Father
- Arcadius
- Mother
- Aelia Eudoxia
- Sibling
- Theodosius II
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- Byzantine emperor
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Family
- Theodosian dynasty
- Image
- Pulcheria Coin.JPG
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- place of burial
- Church of the Holy Apostles
- Commons category
- Pulcheria
- date of birth
- 0399-01-19
- date of death
- 0453-07-01
- canonization status
- saint
- time period
- Byzantine Empire
- feast day
- September 10
- different from
- Pulcheria
- topic's main category
- Category:Pulcheria
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Augusta
- Vow of virginity
- Minority of Theodosius
- War with Persia
- Relationship with Aelia Eudocia
- Wife of Marcian
- Ecclesiastical Policy
- Church and Judaism
- First Council of Ephesus
- Second Council of Ephesus
- Council of Chalcedon
- Death and veneration
- In art
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Aelia Pulcheria (; ; 19 January 398 or 399 – July 453) was an Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother, the emperor Theodosius II, during his minority and then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 to her death in 453.
She was the second (and oldest surviving) child of Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. In 414, the fifteen-year old Pulcheria became the guardian of her younger brother Theodosius II and was also proclaimed Augusta. Through her religious devotion and involvement in the contemporary ecclesiastical scene, Pulcheria had significant, though changing, influence during her brother's reign. After Theodosius II died on 26 July 450, Pulcheria married Marcian on 25 November 450, while simultaneously not violating her vow of virginity. She died three years later, in July 453.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pulcheria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.