Irene of Byzantium (d. 1067)

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Irene of Byzantium (d. 1067)

Byzantine princess. Died in 1067; daughter of Constantine VIII, Byzantine emperor (r. 1025–1028), and possibly Helena of Alypia ; became first wife of Vsevolod I (1030–1093), grand prince of Kiev (r. 1078–1093), in 1046; children: Vladimir II Monomakh (b. 1053), grand prince of Kiev.

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