Irene

Japanese: イレネ（英語表記）Irene

[Born] 752. Athens
[Died] August 9, 803. Byzantine Emperor of Lesbos (reigned 797-802). Last emperor of the Isaurian dynasty. A supporter of icon worship, she became the wife of Leo IV (768). After her husband's death, her son Constantine VI (aged 10) ascended to the throne (780), and she herself became regent. In 787, she held the Seventh Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, where she once again officially recognized icon worship. For this, she was canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church (feast day of Saint Irene, August 9). Unhappy with her regency, she took advantage of a conspiracy by her son to capture him, gouged out both of his eyes, and overthrew him. In 797, she became the first female emperor of the Byzantine Empire. During her reign, the state treasury was heavily burdened by tributes to Islam and Bulgaria, donations to churches and monasteries, and the abolition of the capital's inhabitant tax. In 802, he was removed from his post due to a court intrigue and exiled to the island of Lesbos, where he died.

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Japanese:

[生]752. アテネ
[没]803.8.9. レスボス
ビザンチン皇帝 (在位 797～802) 。イサウリア朝最後の皇帝。聖像崇拝の支持者でレオ4世の皇妃となる (768) 。夫の死により息子コンスタンチヌス6世 (10歳) が即位 (780) ，みずからは摂政の地位につく。 787年第7回公会議をニカイアで開催し，念願の聖像崇拝を再び公認した。その功により東方正教会から聖人に列せられた (聖イレネの祝日8月9日) 。摂政の地位を不満とし，息子の陰謀を機にこれを捕え，その両眼をえぐり，失脚させ，797年ビザンチン帝国最初の女帝に即位。その治世下，国庫はイスラム，ブルガリアへの貢納金，教会，修道院への寄進，首都住民税の廃止などにより多大の経済的負担を受けた。 802年宮廷の陰謀によりその地位を追われ，レスボス島に流され，その地で没した。

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