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Maria of Antioch

Maria of Antioch
Manuscript miniature of Empress Maria (Vatican Library)
Byzantine Empress consort
Tenure24 December 1161 - 24 September 1180
Born1145
Antioch
(now Antakya, Hatay, Turkey)
Died1182 (aged 36–37)
SpouseManuel I Komnenos
IssueAlexios II Komnenos
HouseHouse of Poitiers
FatherRaymond of Poitiers
MotherConstance of Antioch

Maria of Antioch (Greek: Μαρία; 1145–1182) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and regent during the minority of her son porphyrogennetos Alexios II Komnenos from 1180 until 1182.


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