Eudokia Makrembolitissa

Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Augusta Empress and Autocratess of the Romans
Contemporary miniature of empress Eudokia[a]
Byzantine empress regnant or regent
Rule	23 May – 31 December 1067[3] (also regent for her co-emperor Michael VII)
Predecessor	Constantine X
Successor	Romanos IV
Co-emperors	Michael VII and Konstantios Doukas
Byzantine empress consort
Tenure	1059–1067 (as wife of Constantine X) 1068–1071 (as wife of Romanos IV)
Born	c. 1030
Died	after 1081
Spouse	Constantine X Doukas ​ ​ (m. 1049; died 1067)​ Romanos IV Diogenes ​ ​ (m. 1068; died 1072)​
Issue	by Constantine X Michael VII Doukas A son Anne Doukaina Andronikos Doukas Theodora Doukaina Konstantios Doukas Zoe Doukaina by Romanos IV Nikephoros Diogenes Leo Diogenes
Dynasty	Doukid
Religion	Orthodox

Eudokia Makrembolitissa^[4] (Greek: Εὐδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα, romanized: Evdokía Makremvolítissa) was a Byzantine empress by her successive marriages to Constantine X Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as regent of her minor son, Michael VII in 1067, and resigned her regency by marriage to Romanos IV Diogenes. When he was deposed in 1071 she resumed the regency for her sons, but was soon forced to resign again.

Because she essentially ruled in her own right during her sole regencies and retained the title of empress, several modern scholars consider Eudokia to have been empress regnant in 1067 and some also in 1071.

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