Theodora
Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift".
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Theodora may also refer to:
Historical figures known as Theodora
Byzantine empresses
- Theodora (wife of Justinian I) (c. 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church
- Theodora of Khazaria, 7th-century empress, wife of Justinian II
- Theodora (wife of Theophilos), 9th-century empress, saint by the Orthodox Church
- Theodora (wife of Romanos I), 10th-century empress
- Theodora (daughter of Constantine VII), 10th-century empress, wife of John I Tzimiskes
- Theodora Porphyrogenita (c. 980–1056), empress regnant in 1042 and 1055–1056
- Theodora Palaiologina (c. 1240–1303), wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos
Trebizonian empresses
- Theodora Axuchina, empress consort of Alexios I of Trebizond
- Theodora of Trebizond (before 1253 – after 1285), empress regnant from 1284 to 1285
- Theodora Kantakouzene (c. 1240 – after 1290), empress consort of Alexios III of Trebizond
- Theodora Kantakouzene (wife of Alexios IV of Trebizond), empress consort of Alexios IV of Trebizond
Others
- Theodora of Emesa, 5th-century Neoplatonist
- Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman emperor Maximian and second wife of emperor Constantius I
- Episcopa Theodora, mother of Pope Paschal I in the 9th century
- Theodora (senatrix), Roman senatrix and mother of Marozia; concubine to Pope Sergius III
- Theodora Komnene (disambiguation)
- Theodora Tocco, despoina consort of Constantine, Despot in Morea (later Constantine XI Palaiologos).
- Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
- Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983), daughter of Constantine II of Greece
- Princess Theodora zy Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1986), German aristocrat
- Theodora (Roman martyr), 2nd-century Christian martyr and saint
- Theodora and Didymus, early Christian martyrs
- Theodora of Alexandria, Eastern Orthodox saint
- Theodora of Arta, 13th-century Empress of Epirus
- Theodora of Sihla, Romanian Orthodox saint
Works of art
- Theodora (Handel) (HWV 68), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, based on the story of Theodora and Didymus
- Either of these Italian silent films set in the Byzantine Empire:
- Theodora (1914 film)
- Theodora (1921 film)
- Darling Theodora, stage musical adaptation based on Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful by Disney Theatrical Productions.
Other uses
- Theodora Children's Charity, British charity
- Theodora, a synonym of the legume genus Schotia
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