Theodora Stefania

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Theodora Stefania

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Death: before 1006
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Wife of Crescentius II "Nomentanus", senator of Rome
Ex-wife of Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother of Giovanni di Crescenzio and Rogata

Managed by: Livio Scremin
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About Theodora Stefania

-http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm#OttoIIIgermany...

e) OTTO (Kessel [end Jun/early Jul] 980-Paterno, near Civita Castellano 23/24 Jan 1002, bur Aachen Cathedral). Thietmar records that Otto son of Emperor Otto III was born in the forest of Kessel[322]. He was elected OTTO III associate King of Germany at Verona in May 983, ... ...

[m (after Feb 998, divorced [998/1000]%29 [THEODORA], widow of CRESCENTIUS [II] Nomentanus Senator of Rome, daughter of --- (-before 1006). Rodulfus Glaber recounts that Emperor Otto III married the widow of Crescentius Senator of Rome but "dismissed her by divorce" shortly afterwards[330]. No corroborative sources have been identified, and the report appears unlikely, not only because of what must have been an evident age difference between the parties but also the unlikelihood that the young emperor would appear to condone his enemy's treachery by marrying his widow. She was named as deceased in a document dated 1006[331], although it remains to be clarified whether this is a reference to Theodora, widow of Crescentius [II]'s older brother Ioannes [I] Crescentius.]

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