{"id":"theodora","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/theodora","language":"en","name":"Theodora","name_en":"Theodora","name_ne":null,"description":"9th-century Byzantine empress, wife of Theophilos","headline":"9th-century Byzantine empress, wife of Theophilos","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Theodora is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore, from the Greek θεός theos 'god' + δῶρον doron 'gift'. Theodora is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra. The name Dorothy contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born in Serbia between 2003 and 2005.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"815","date":"0815"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Paphlagonia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622032"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"15 January 867","date":"0867-01-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Constantinople","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16869"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Byzantine Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12544"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"nun","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191808"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Theophilos","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60199"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"regent (21 January 842 – 15 March 856)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477406","start":"0842-01-21","end":"0856-03-15"},{"text":"empress consort (5 June 830 – 20 January 842)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7723211","start":"0830-06-05","end":"0842-01-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Theodora born?","a":"Theodora was born on 815 in Paphlagonia."},{"q":"What positions has Theodora held?","a":"Positions held by Theodora include: regent (0842–0856); empress consort (0830–0842)."}],"related":[{"name":"Gyanendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gyanendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Ferdinand II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Berengaria of Castile","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/berengaria-of-castile"},{"name":"John II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Pope Adrian VI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-adrian-vi"},{"name":"Ferdinand I of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-i-of-aragon"},{"name":"Budashiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/budashiri"},{"name":"Irene of Athens","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/irene-of-athens"},{"name":"Empress Lü","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/empress-lu"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/theodora-ef98e28824.jpg","width":500,"height":650,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meister_von_San_Vitale_in_Ravenna_008.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Theodora","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q230001","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230001","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna 008.jpg by Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meister_von_San_Vitale_in_Ravenna_008.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Theodora, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna 008.jpg — Meister von San Vitale in Ravenna, Public domain.","cite":"\"Theodora\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/theodora. Retrieved 12 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-12","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/theodora","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/theodora","ne":null}}