Thekla (Θέκλα; died c. 823) was the first empress consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire. According to Theophanes the Confessor, Thekla was the...

Thekla may also refer to: Thekla, wife of Michael II (died c. 823), first Empress-consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire Thekla, daughter of Theophilos...

thus unclear. After the death of Thekla, in c. 823, Michael II married Euphrosyne, a daughter of Constantine VI and Maria of Amnia. This marriage was probably...

empress as the wife of Byzantine emperor Theophilos from 830 to 842 and regent for the couple's young son Michael III, after the death of Theophilos, from...

three years before but his dynastic claims were at best shaky. His first wife Thekla died early in the reign and he decided to strengthen his claim by marrying...

less than his sister Thekla, who is depicted together with the young Michael on the reverse. Patriarch Photius I notes that Michael was emperor "from the...

An interpretation which would make Leo a brother-in-law of Thekla, first wife of Michael II. Warren Treadgold for example uses this theory in The Byzantine...

in 1041–1042. He was the nephew and successor of Michael IV and the adoptive son of Michael IV's wife Empress Zoe. He was popularly called "the Caulker"...

Theophilos was the son of the Greek-Jewish Emperor Michael II and his wife Thekla, and the godson of Emperor Leo V the Armenian. Michael II crowned Theophilos...

Theodore II Doukas Laskaris recalled Michael, and after both exchanged oaths of loyalty and guarantees of safety, Michael returned to the service of the Emperor...