Theodora Angelina, Duchess of Austria


Theodora Angelina was the wife of Leopold VI of Austria, by whom she had several children.

Life

Birth and parentage and early life

Theodora is believed to have been born sometime around 1180/5 in Constantinople to parents whose identities are uncertain. However, it is known that one of her grandmothers was a daughter of a Byzantine Emperor. As such, Theodora may have been a daughter of John Doukas or else a daughter of one of Andronikos' daughters.

Marriage and later life

In 1203, Theodora married a distant cousin, Leopold VI, Duke of Austria. Her husband died in 1230 and she subsequently became a nun. She died in 1246.
Leopold and Theodora had seven children:
  1. Margaret, Duchess of Austria
  2. Agnes of Austria
  3. Leopold of Austria fell from a tree and died
  4. Henry II, Duke of Mödling
  5. Gertrude of Austria
  6. Frederick II, Duke of Austria
  7. Constantia of Austria

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