Constantina (fl. 582–602)

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Constantina (fl. 582–602)

Byzantine empress. Name variations: Constantia. Fl. between 582 and 602; dau. of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine emperor (r. 578–582), and Ino-Anastasia; m. Maurice Tiberius (Mauritius), Byzantine emperor (r. 582–602); children: 9.

Her husband's military reforms would play an important part in saving the empire in future years, but when he gave an unpopular order to his troops campaigning against the Avars north of the Danube, it caused a revolution; fled with husband and their children (husband and children were beheaded but her fate is unknown).

See also Women in World History.

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