Английская Википедия:Dobrodeia of Kiev

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox royalty Dobrodeia Mstislavna of Kiev (Cyrillic: Добродея Мстиславна; baptized Eupraxia [Εὐπραξία] or Irene [Εἰρήνη]; died 16 November 1131) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to co-emperor Alexios Komnenos. She was also an author on medicine.[1]

Life

Born in Kiev in the early years of the 12th century, Dobrodeia was the daughter of Mstislav I of Kiev and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden.Шаблон:Sfn In or shortly after 1122, she married Alexios Komnenos, the eldest son and co-emperor of Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos (Шаблон:Reign). She received the title of empress (basilissa), and the Christian name "Irene", after her mother-in-law, Empress Irene of Hungary (other sources give her Christian name as "Eupraxia").Шаблон:Sfn She and Alexios had one daughter, Maria, who was born Шаблон:Circa.Шаблон:Sfn

In the imperial court of Constantinople, she became a part of a circle of women intellectuals, notably Alexios' aunt Anna Comnena, and the noblewoman Irene, known as a patron of astrologers and scholars.Шаблон:Sfn She was encouraged to find her own scholarly interest, studied extensively and was described by contemporaries: "She was not born in Athens, but she learned all the wisdom of the Greeks".Шаблон:Sfn The writer Theodore Balsamon noted that she "displayed a fascination with healing methods" and that she formulated medical salves and described their efficiency in a treatise on entitled "Ointments" (Greek "Alimma"), which is regarded as the first treatise on medicine written by a woman. Fragments of this work are kept in the Medici Library in Florence.Шаблон:Sfn She studied the ancient physician Galen, and translated some of his works into Old East Slavic.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Failed verification

She died, of unknown causes, on 16 November 1131.Шаблон:Sfn Following her death, Alexios Komnenos is believed to have married his next spouse Kata of Georgia.Шаблон:Sfn

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