Irene of Larissa

Irene of Larissa (Bulgarian: Ирина от Лариса) was the second wife and empress-consort (tsaritsa) of tsar Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria.[1]

Irene
Empress consort of Bulgaria
BornUnknown
Larissa, Byzantine Empire
Died1015
Bulgaria
SpouseGavril Radomir of Bulgaria

John Skylitzes reports Irene was a "beautiful captive from Larissa", and nothing else is known about her antecedents. Gavril Radomir married her around 999 after he had expelled his first Hungarian wife, who was pregnant at this time.[2][3]

They had seven children, five sons and two daughters.

Gavril Radomir succeeded to the Bulgarian throne in 1014, but his reign was short. Skylitzes reports that Irene was murdered along with her husband by his cousin, Ivan Vladislav, who seized the throne in 1015. He also took steps to ensure his position and ordered the mutilation of their eldest son.

Sources

  1. Stjepan Antoljak (1985). Samuel and His State. Macedonian Review Editions. p. 111.
  2. 1993. Bulgarian Historical Review. Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. "She was sent away by her husband who did not stop even at the fact that die Hungarian was pregnant, after which Gavril Radomir concluded a second marriage with "Irene, the beautiful captive from Larissa"."
  3. Jovan Pavlovski, Mišel Pavlovski (1996). Macedonia yesterday and today. MI-AN. p. 87. "When Radomir occupied Larissa, he fell in love with a beautiful slave named Irene, and because of her turned out his pregnant wife..."
Preceded by
Agatha
Empress consort of Bulgaria
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Succeeded by
Maria
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