Eudokia Komnene, Lady of Montpellier
Eudokia Komnene | |
|---|---|
| Lady of Montpellier | |
| Born | c. 1160 |
| Died | c. 1203 |
| Noble family | Komnenos |
| Spouse(s) | William VIII of Montpellier |
| Issue | Maria of Montpellier |
Eudokia Komnene (or Eudocia Comnena) (
Life
Eudokia Komnene's parentage has been subject to scholarly dispute. She is not mentioned in any contemporary Byzantine source,
Eudokia Komnene was sent to
As the troubadour Peire Vidal put it, the young king had preferred a poor Castilian maid to the emperor Manuel's golden camel.
After much indecision Eudokia married William VIII of Montpellier in 1180, having made it a condition (to which all male citizens of Montpellier were required to swear) that their firstborn child, boy or girl, would succeed him in the lordship of Montpellier.
Eudokia was sometimes described by contemporaries, including the troubadours
William VIII and Eudokia had one daughter,
References
- ^ Varzos 1984, p. 347.
- ^ Varzos 1984, pp. 346–347.
- ^ Sturdza 1999, p. 276.
Sources
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- Boutière, J. and A.-H. Schutz, eds., Biographies des troubadours(Paris: Nizet, 1964) pp. 476–481.
- ISBN 2-910352-06-4, pp. 62–63.
- Hecht, Winfried (1968). "Zur Geschichte der "Kaiserin" von Montpellier, Eudoxia Komnena". Revue des études byzantines (in German). 26: 161–169. .
- Sharman, Ruth V.. The Cansos and Sirventes of the Troubadour Giraut de Borneil. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-521-25635-6, p. 59.
- Stiernon, Lucien (1965). "Notes de titulature et de prosopographie byzantines: Sébaste et gambros". Revue des études byzantines (in French). 23: 222–243. .
- Stronski, Stanislaw, Le troubadour Folquet de Marseille (Kraków: Académie des Sciences, 1910) pp. 156–158.
- Sturdza, M. D. (1999). Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, 2nd ed. Paris.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Varzos, Konstantinos (1984). Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών [The Genealogy of the Komnenoi] (PDF) (in Greek). Vol. B. Thessaloniki: OCLC 834784665.