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Irene of Larissa

Field	Value
consort	yes
name	Irene
succession	Empress consort of Bulgaria
spouse	Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
spouse-type	Spouse
birth_date	Unknown
birth_place	Larissa, Byzantine Empire
death_date	1015
death_place	Bulgaria

| spouse-type = Spouse Irene of Larissa () was the second wife and empress-consort (tsaritsa) of tsar Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria.

John Skylitzes reports Irene was a "beautiful captive from Larissa", and nothing else is known about her antecedents. The captives from Larissa were made slaves by the Bulgarian monarch.

Gavril Radomir married her around 999 after he had expelled his first Hungarian wife, Margaret (daughter of Géza), who was pregnant at this time.

They had seven children, five sons and two daughters.

Gavril Radomir succeeded to the Bulgarian throne in 1014, but his reign was short. Skylitzes reports that Irene was murdered along with her husband by his cousin, Ivan Vladislav, who seized the throne in 1015. He also took steps to ensure his position and ordered the mutilation of their eldest son.

Sources

История на българската държава през средните векове, Том I. История на Първото българско царство. Част II. От славянизацията на държавата до падането на Първото царство (852—1018). Васил Н. Златарски 4.Приемниците на цар Самуил и покорението на България от Василий II Българоубиец.
Runciman, Steven, The First Bulgarian Empire. 1930.
John Skylitzes. Synopsis Historion , translated by Paul Stephenson.

References

Stjepan Antoljak (1985). ''Samuel and His State''. Macedonian Review Editions. p. 111.
Steven Runciman: Bulgarian Empire. s. 222. Informację o wieku Ireny podaje w swej Kronice Jerzy Kedren
1. ''Bulgarian Historical Review''. Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. "''She was sent away by her husband who did not stop even at the fact that die Hungarian was pregnant, after which Gavril Radomir concluded a second marriage with "Irene, the beautiful captive from Larissa".''"
Jovan Pavlovski, Mišel Pavlovski (1996). ''Macedonia yesterday and today''. MI-AN. p. 87. "''When Radomir occupied Larissa, he fell in love with a beautiful slave named Irene, and because of her turned out his pregnant wife...''"

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