Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to:

Historical figures known as Theodora

Byzantine empresses

* Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 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 Theodora Megale Komnene ( el, Θεοδώρα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή, Theodōra Megalē Komnēnē), (before 1253– after 1285), was Empress of Empire of Trebizond, Trebizond from 1284 to 1285. All Michael Panaretos tells us about her is th ...

(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 Theodora of Emesa was a member of an intellectual group of neoplatonists in late fifth and early sixth century Alexandria, and a disciple of Isidore. Damascius dedicated his ''Life of Isidore'', also known as the ''Philosophical History'', to Theod ...

, 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 Komnene or Comnena ( el, Θεοδώρα Κομνηνὴ) may refer to: * Theodora Komnene (daughter of Alexios I) (born 1096), daughter of Alexios I Komnenos, wife of Constantine Angelos and ancestor of the Angelos dynasty * Theodora Despi ...

* 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 * 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)

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