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Maria Skleraina (Greek: Μαρία Σκλήραινα; died c. 1045 CE), often referred to as the Skleraina, was the political adviser, official mistress, and potentially wife of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos. He controversially gave her the title of Sebastē.
De un matrimonio anterior de Juan I con Maria Skleraina se había forjado una alianza con el general Bardas Esclero, descuidando el resto de alianzas internacionales del imperio bizantino. Para rectificar el rumbo de su política decidió liberar de su posición monástica a Teodora, hija del anterior emperador Constantino VII, y desposarse con ...
31 de ene. de 2022 · On 11 June 1042 C.E., the two married, and he was crowned as Constantine IX. He brought with him his mistress, Maria Skleraina. [44] She was treated as a minor Empress and second to Empresses Zoë and Theodora. [45] The public did not like how Constantine IX paraded his mistress in Constantinople. [46]
1 de mar. de 2008 · Article Public and private death in Psellos: Maria Skleraina and Styliane Psellaina was published on March 1, 2008 in the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift (volume 101, issue 2).
Constantine IX's preferential treatment of Maria Skleraina in the early part of his reign led to rumors that she was planning to murder Zoë and Theodora. This led to a popular uprising by the citizens of Constantinople in 1044, which came dangerously close to harming Constantine as he participated in a religious procession.
The Skleros (Greek: Σκληρός; plural: Σκληροί, Skleroi), latinized Sclerus, feminine form Skleraina (Σκλήραινα), Latinized Scleraena, was a noble Byzantine family active mostly in the 9th–11th centuries as members of the military aristocracy, and as civil functionaries thereafter.
In this article, I aim to show that Skleraina’s connections to Managana area of Constantinople were designed to substantiate her contested imperial status and legitimise her relationship with Monomachos.
