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Born princess Martha of . Constantine died a teenager in or around 1096 and Maria’s involvement in politics was finally terminated.

Maria was renowned for her beauty and education. She had a frequent correspondence with the noted theologian and philosopher Theophylact Of Bulgaria who is said to be inspired by the empress when writing his principal work ''Explanations to the Gospel According To John ''. Maria also patronized Georgian Monasteries in the Balkans especially the famous Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos . She joined also her mother, Borena, in building the Kapata Monastery on Mount Sion at Jerusalem .


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  • Lynda Garland, ''Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD 527-1204'', first edition (1999), Routledge, ISBN 0415146887, pages 180-186

  • J. M. Hussey, editor, The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume IV The Byzantine Empire, Part 1 Byzantium and Its Neighbours (Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London: The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1966), p. 793



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