Irena Lekapene

**Irena Lekapene**
Carica Bugara
Irena Lekapene; Carica Bugara
	Pečat Irene i Petra I
Supružnik/ci	Petar I Bugarski
Djeca	Plenimir Bugarski; Boris II Bugarski; Roman Bugarski

Irena Lekapene (grč. Ειρήνη Λακαπηνή) bila je grčka plemkinja te carica Bugara kao žena cara Petra I Bugarskog. Rođena je kao Marija (Μαρία); kćerka grčkog plemića Kristofora Lakapena i njegove žene, Auguste Sofije.^[1] Preko oca je bila unuka bizantijskog cara Romana I Lakapena te nećakinja Teofilakta, patrijarha Konstantinopolja.

Roman I je dogovorio Mariji brak s Petrom nakon šta je Petar napao Trakiju. Petar je bio spreman na primirje te je oženio Mariju 8. novembra 927,^[2] koja je dobila ime Irena ("mir"). Bilo je to prvi put u historiji da se bizantijska princeza udaje za stranog vladara te je car Konstantin VII Porfirogenet to kasnije kritizirao. Ovo su djeca Irene i Petra I:

Reference

^ Charles William Previté-Orton (1975). Cambridge Medieval History, Shorter: Volume 1, The Later Roman Empire to the Twelfth Century. Volume 1 of The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. ISBN 0-521-09976-5. str. 256.
^ MARIA Lekapene. "The wife of Tsar Peter is the (unnamed) daughter of Christoforos according to Liudprand, the marriage taking place just after the Tsar's accession after which she adopted the name IRINA."

[1] Charles William Previté-Orton (1975). Cambridge Medieval History, Shorter: Volume 1, The Later Roman Empire to the Twelfth Century. Volume 1 of The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. ISBN 0-521-09976-5. str. 256.

[2] MARIA Lekapene. "The wife of Tsar Peter is the (unnamed) daughter of Christoforos according to Liudprand, the marriage taking place just after the Tsar's accession after which she adopted the name IRINA."

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