Theodora

Theodora may refer to:

• Theodora (given name), a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift"

Byzantine empresses

• Theodora (wife of Justinian I), 6th century Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress, wife of Justinian I, considered a saint by the Greek Orthodox Church
• Theodora of Khazaria, 7th century Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress, wife of Justinian II
• Theodora (wife of Theophilos), Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress in the 9th century
• Theodora, wife of Romanos I, 10th century Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress, wife of Romanos I
• Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII, 10th century Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress, wife of John I Tzimiskes
• Theodora (11th century), Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress who ruled 1055-1056
• Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, 13th century Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empress, wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos

Empresses of Trebizond

• Theodora Axuchina, empress consort of Alexios I of Trebizond
• Theodora of Trebizond, empress regnant from 1284 to 1285
• Theodora Kantakouzene, empress consort of Alexios III of Trebizond
• Theodora Kantakouzene (wife of Alexios IV of Trebizond), empress consort of Alexios IV of Trebizond

Other

• Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximian and second wife of the Emperor Constantius I Chlorus
• Episcopa Theodora, mother of Pope Paschal I in the 9th century
• Theodora (senatrix), Roman senatrix and mother of Marozia; concubine to Pope Sergius III
• Theodora Komnene (disambiguation), several
• Theodora Tocco, despoina consort of Constantine, Despot in Morea (later Constantine XI Palaiologos).
• Theodora (Roman martyr), 2nd-century Christian martyr and saint
• Theodora and Didymus, early Christian martyrs
  • Theodora (Handel) (HWV 68), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, based on the story of Theodora and Didymus
• Theodora of Alexandria Eastern Orthodox saint
• Theodora of Arta 13th century, Empress of Epirus
• Theodora Children's Charity

See also

• Theodore (name)
• Théodore Guérin (Saint Theodora)