Verina
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Aelia Verina (Greek: Βερίνα; died 484) was the Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Leo I. She was a sister of Emperor Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne also became empress. Verina was the maternal grandmother of Leo II.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Verina
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.title
- Augusta
- Royalty.image
- Empress Verina coin (cropped).png
- Royalty.caption
- Coin of Verina
- Royalty.full name
- Aelia Verina
- Royalty.succession
- Empress of the Roman Empire
- Royalty.moretext
- (in the East)
- Royalty.reign
- 457 – 474
- Royalty.spouse
- Leo I the Thracian
- Royalty.issue
- Ariadne, Leontia, unnamed son
- Royalty.dynasty
- Leo
- Royalty.death_date
- 484
- Royalty.death_place
- Papyrius fortress, Isauria(modern-day Bozkır, Konya, Turkey)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of death
- Isauria
- Spouse
- Leo I
- Child
- Ariadne
- Sibling
- Basiliscus
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- Byzantine emperor
- Religion
- Christian
- Image
- Empress Verina coin.png
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- Verina
- date of death
- 0484-01-01
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- name in native language
- Aelia Verina
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Family
- Marriage
- Empress consort
- Widowed empress
- Rivalry with Illus
- Alliance with Illus
- Possible descendants
- References
- External links
Aelia Verina (Greek: Βερίνα; died 484) was the Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Leo I. She was a sister of Emperor Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne also became empress. Verina was the maternal grandmother of Leo II.
==Family== The origins of Verina and her brother Basiliscus are unknown. They are considered likely to have ancestry in the Balkans but nothing more specific is known. They are assumed to have at least one sister as a hagiography of Daniel the Stylite names a brother-in-law of Verina and Basiliscus as Zuzus.
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