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- translit. Phōkâs) or Phocas (Latinized), feminine form Phokaina or Phocaena (Φώκαινα, Phṓkaina), was the name of a Byzantine aristocratic clan from Cappadocia...
- name of Ruben I's wife is not known. Mother to Constantine I. Ruben I Phokaina a grandchild of Bardas Phokas (Phokas) - - 1095 husband's accession 1100/24...
- Mathilde, Countess Palatine of Lorraine Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor Father Constantine Skleros Mother Sophia Phokaina Religion Chalcedonian Christianity...
- taxonomic name, Phocoena phocoena, is the Latinized form of the Gr**** φώκαινα, phōkaina, "big seal", as described by Aristotle; this from φώκη, phōkē, "seal"....
- is unknown. Leo was the father of Bardas Phokas the Younger and Sophia Phokaina, wife of Constantine Skleros and mother of Otto II's wife Theophanu. Kazhdan...
- Photeinos Skleros 6. Konstantinos Skleros 13. Gregoria 3. Theophanu 28. Bardas Phokas the Elder 14. Leo Phokas the Younger 29. N.N Maleina 7. Sophia Phokaina...
- families of the military aristocracy: Constantine Skleros married Sophia Phokaina, the niece of Nikephoros II Phokas (r. 963–969), while Maria Skleraina...