Theodora

Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift".

Theodora may also refer to:

Historical figures known as Theodora

Byzantine empresses

• Theodora (wife of Justinian I) (c. 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church
• Theodora of Khazaria, 7th-century empress, wife of Justinian II
• Theodora (wife of Theophilos), 9th-century empress, saint by the Orthodox Church
• Theodora (wife of Romanos I), 10th-century empress
• Theodora (daughter of Constantine VII), 10th-century empress, wife of John I Tzimiskes
• Theodora Porphyrogenita (c. 980–1056), empress regnant in 1042 and 1055–1056
• Theodora Palaiologina (c. 1240–1303), wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos

Trebizonian empresses

• Theodora Axuchina, empress consort of Alexios I of Trebizond
• Theodora of Trebizond (before 1253 – after 1285), empress regnant from 1284 to 1285
• Theodora Kantakouzene (c. 1240 – after 1290), empress consort of Alexios III of Trebizond
• Theodora Kantakouzene (wife of Alexios IV of Trebizond), empress consort of Alexios IV of Trebizond

Others

• Theodora of Emesa, 5th-century Neoplatonist
• Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman emperor Maximian and second wife of emperor Constantius I
• 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)
• Theodora Tocco, despoina consort of Constantine, Despot in Morea (later Constantine XI Palaiologos).
• Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
• Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (born 1983), daughter of Constantine II of Greece
• Princess Theodora zy Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1986), German aristocrat
• Theodora (Roman martyr), 2nd-century Christian martyr and saint
• Theodora and Didymus, early Christian martyrs
• Theodora of Alexandria, Eastern Orthodox saint
• Theodora of Arta, 13th-century Empress of Epirus
• Theodora of Sihla, Romanian Orthodox saint

Works of art

• Theodora (Handel) (HWV 68), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, based on the story of Theodora and Didymus
• Either of these Italian silent films set in the Byzantine Empire:
  • Theodora (1914 film)
  • Theodora (1921 film)
  • Darling Theodora, stage musical adaptation based on Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful by Disney Theatrical Productions.

Other uses

• Theodora Children's Charity, British charity
• Theodora, a synonym of the legume genus Schotia

See also

• Teodora
• Theodore (disambiguation)
• Théodore Guérin (Saint Theodora)
• Thea (name)