Eudoxia (, ''Eudoxía''), Eudokia (, ''Eudokía'', anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a

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, which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in

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. The Slavic forms of the name are East Slavic: Evdokiya (), Yevdokiya (); South Slavic: Evdokija (Евдокија), Jevdokija (Јевдокија). It was mainly popular in

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and during the

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, particularly in

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. It continues to be in use today, usually in honor of various

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s. Eudoxia became the basis for the name

Avdotia Avdotya () or Avdotia is a Russian feminine given name. It is a form of the Greek name Eudoxia/Eudokia/Eudocia, held by several saints venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. People * Avdotya Chernysheva (1693–1747), Russian noble and lady i ...

, which is a popular name for women in Russia.

Eudoxia, Eudokia and Eudocia

The names Eudoxia, Eudokia, and Eudocia are interchangeable in most cases for the Wikipedia search engine.

Saints

* Eudoxia of Heliopolis (d. 120), early Christian saint and martyr * Virgin Martyr Eudoxia at Canopus in Egypt - died 311 with sisters Theodota and Theoctiste, mother Athanasia, Saints

Cyrus and John Saints Cyrus and John (; ; died or 311 AD) are venerated as martyrs. They are especially venerated by the Coptic Church and surnamed Wonderworking Unmercenaries (''thaumatourgoi anargyroi'') because they healed the sick free of charge. Their ...

* Saint Eudocia: see below under Aelia Eudocia

Byzantine royals

Aelia Eudoxia Aelia Eudoxia (; ; died 6 October 404) was Eastern Roman empress by marriage to the Roman emperor Arcadius. The marriage was arranged by Eutropius, one of the eunuch court officials, who was attempting to expand his influence. As Empress, sh ...

(c. 380–404), Byzantine empress, daughter of Flavius Bauto and wife of Emperor

Arcadius Arcadius ( ; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the ''Augustus'' Theodosius I () and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (). Arcadius ruled the eastern half of ...

Aelia Eudocia Aelia Eudocia Augusta (; ; 460 AD), also called Saint Eudocia, was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to Emperor Theodosius II (). Daughter of an Athenian philosopher, she was also a poet, whose works include ''Homerocentones'', or Homeric re ...

/Eudocia Augusta (c. 401–460), Saint Eudocia, Byzantine empress, wife of

Theodosius II Theodosius II ( ; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450), called "the Calligraphy, Calligrapher", was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed ''Augustus (title), Augustus'' as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the ...

and daughter-in-law of

Licinia Eudoxia Licinia Eudoxia (Late Greek, Greek: Λικινία, 422 – c. 493) was a Roman Empress, daughter of Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II. In early childhood she was placed in a political marriage with the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III. ...

(422–462), Western Roman empress, daughter of

and

, wife of Emperors

Valentinian III Valentinian III (; 2 July 41916 March 455) was Roman emperor in the Western Roman Empire, West from 425 to 455. Starting in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by civil wars among powerful general ...

and

Petronius Maximus Petronius Maximus (31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the Western Roman Empire, West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy Roman Senate, senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman ''magister ...

Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III) Eudocia or Eudoxia (439 – 466/474?) was the eldest daughter of Roman emperor Valentinian III and his wife, Licinia Eudoxia. She was thus the granddaughter on her mother's side of Eastern emperor Theodosius II and his wife, the poet Aelia ...

/Princess Eudocia (439–466/474?), daughter of Emperor

and

, wife of Vandal king

Huneric Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric (died December 23, 484) was King of the (North African) Vandal Kingdom (477–484) and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was ma ...

Fabia Eudokia Eudokia or Eudocia (; c. 580 – 13 August 612), originally named Fabia, was a Greek woman who became Byzantine empress as the first wife of Heraclius from 610 to her death. She was a daughter of Rogas, a landowner in the Exarchate of Africa, ac ...

(c. 580–612), Byzantine empress, wife of the emperor

Heraclius Heraclius (; 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas. Heraclius's reign was ...

Eudoxia Epiphania Eudoxia Epiphania (; also known as Epiphania, Eudocia or Eudokia) was the only daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia. Life She was born at Constantinople on July 7, 611, baptized on August 15, and crowned '' Augu ...

(b. 611), daughter of emperor

and

Eudokia (wife of Justinian II) Eudokia () was the first empress consort of Byzantine Emperor Justinian II. Empress The name and place of burial of Eudokia in the Church of the Holy Apostles was recorded in ''De Ceremoniis'' by Constantine VII. However little else is known of he ...

(7th century), Byzantine empress, wife of

Justinian II Justinian II (; ; 668/69 – 4 November 711), nicknamed "the Slit-Nosed" (), was the last Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711. Like his namesake, Justinian I, Justinian II was an ambitio ...

Eudokia (wife of Constantine V) Eudokia (Greek: Εὐδοκία) was the third empress consort of Constantine V of the Byzantine Empire. According to the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, Eudokia was a sister-in-law of Michael Melissenos, ''strategos'' of the Anatolikon The ...

(8th century), Byzantine empress, wife of

Constantine V Constantine V (; July 718 – 14 September 775) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. His reign saw a consolidation of Byzantine security from external threats. As an able military leader, Constantine took advantage of Third Fitna, civil war ...

Eudokia Ingerina Eudokia (or Eudocia) Ingerina (; c. 840 – c. 882) was a Byzantine empress as the wife of the Byzantine emperor Basil I, the mistress of his predecessor Michael III, and the mother of emperors Leo VI and Alexander, as well as the mother of Patri ...

(c. 840 – c. 882), Byzantine empress, wife of the 10th century Emperor

Basil I Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (; 811 – 29 August 886), was List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886. Born to a peasant family in Macedonia (theme), Macedonia, he rose to prominence in the imperial court after gainin ...

Eudokia Dekapolitissa Eudokia Dekapolitissa (; ) was the empress consort of Michael III (r. 842–867), the last member of the Phrygian Dynasty to rule the Byzantine Empire. Marriage Michael III had succeeded to the throne in 842, when he was two years old. His moth ...

(fl. 855–867), Byzantine empress, wife of

Michael III Michael III (; 9/10 January 840 – 24 September 867), also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Amorian dynasty, Amorian (or Phrygian) dynasty. He ...

* Eudokia Baïana (died 901), Byzantine empress, wife of

Leo VI the Wise Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise (; 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (although his parentage is unclear), he was very well read, leading to his epithet. During ...

Eudokia Makrembolitissa Eudokia Makrembolitissa () was a Byzantine empress by her successive marriages to Constantine X Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as ruler with her two sons in 1067, and resigned her rule by marriage to Romanos IV Diogenes. When he was ...

(1021–1096), Byzantine empress, wife of emperors

Constantine X Doukas Constantine X Doukas or Ducas (; – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was the founder of the Doukid dynasty. During his reign, the Normans took over much of the remaining Byzantine territories in Italy, while in the ...

and

Romanos IV Diogenes Romanos IV Diogenes (; – ) was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. Determined to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the empire, he is nevertheless best known for his defeat and capture in 1071 at ...

, putative author of a dictionary of history and mythology, often referred to as "Eudocia" * Eudokia Komnene, daughter of

John II Komnenos John II Komnenos or Comnenus (; 13 September 1087 – 8 April 1143) was List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good" (), he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexio ...

(1087–1143), wife of

Theodore Vatatzes Theodore Vatatzes or Batatzes () was an aristocrat and military commander in the Byzantine Empire during the reigns of John II Komnenos and Manuel I Komnenos. Background Theodore Vatatzes was a member of the Vatatzes family, who had been promin ...

Eudokia Komnene (daughter of Alexios I) Eudokia Komnene (; 14 January 1094 – ) was the third daughter of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (). Her brother was John II Komnenos. Life Eudokia Komnene was born on 14 January 1094, as the third daughter and sixth child of the Byzan ...

(1094 – c. 1129), daughter of

Alexios I Komnenos Alexios I Komnenos (, – 15 August 1118), Latinization of names, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine Emperor, Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. After usurper, usurping the throne, he was faced with a collapsing empire and ...

* Eudoxia, Byzantine princess, niece and mistress of

Andronikos I Komnenos Andronikos I Komnenos (; – 12 September 1185), Latinized as Andronicus I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185. A nephew of John II Komnenos (1118–1143), Andronikos rose to fame in the reign of his cousin Manuel I Komne ...

(c. 1118–1185) *

Eudokia Komnene, Lady of Montpellier Eudokia Komnene (or Eudocia Comnena) (, ''Eudokia Komnēnē'') (c. 1160 – c. 1203) was a relative of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and wife of William VIII of Montpellier. Life Eudokia Komnene's parentage has been subject to scholarly di ...

(c. 1160 – c. 1203), wife of

William VIII of Montpellier William VIII (in Occitan: Guilhem; died 1202) was Lord of Montpellier, the son of William VII and Matilda of Burgundy. William VIII married Eudokia Komnene, grand-niece of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos. They had one daughter, Marie o ...

Eudokia Angelina Eudokia Angelina (, also spelled ''Eudocia'', ; around 1173–died , or later) was the consort of Stefan the First-Crowned of Serbia from c. 1190 to c. 1200. She later remarried, to Alexios V Doukas, who briefly ruled as Emperor of Byzantium in 120 ...

(d. 1211, or later), Byzantine princess, consort of

Stefan the First-Crowned Stefan Nemanjić ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Немањић, ), known as Stefan the First-Crowned (, ; – 24 September 1228), was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196 and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first Se ...

of Serbia *

Eudokia Palaiologina Eudokia Palaiologina or () (c. 1265 – 18 September 1302) was the third daughter of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos and his wife, Theodora, a grandniece of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes of Nicaea. In 1282, Eudokia married in Consta ...

(1265-1302), daughter of

Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261. Michael VIII was the founder of th ...

and his wife

Theodora Theodora may refer to: * Theodora (given name), a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift" Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodo ...

Non-Byzantine royals

Eudoxia of Moscow Eudoxia of Moscow (; 1353 – 1407), also known by her monastic name Euphrosyne (), was the grand princess of Moscow between 1366 and 1389 during her marriage to Dmitry Donskoy. Biography Eudoxia was a daughter of Dmitry Konstantinovich, Gr ...

or of Suzdal (Yevdokia) (d. 1407), Grand Duchess of the

Grand Duchy of Moscow The Grand Principality of Moscow, or Muscovy, known as the Principality of Moscow until 1389, was a late medieval Russian monarchy. Its capital was the city of Moscow. Originally established as a minor principality in the 13th century, the gra ...

, wife of

Dmitry Donskoy Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol ...

Eudoxia Lopukhina Tsarina Eudoxia Fyodorovna Lopukhina (9 August 1669 7 September 1731) was the first wife of Peter I the Great, and the last ethnic Russian and non-foreign wife of a Russian monarch. She was the mother of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and the ...

(1669–1731), first wife of

Peter the Great Peter I (, ; – ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...

* Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou (d. 1869), queen of the Polynesian island of

Mangareva Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north. Mangareva has a permanent p ...

, wife of Maputeoa, mother of Joseph Gregorio II

Fiction

* Eudoxia, a fictional character in the

Anne Rice Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing ''The Vampire Chronicles''. She later adapted t ...

novel '' Blood and Gold'' * Eudoxia, one of

Italo Calvino Italo Calvino (, ; ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the ''Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the '' Cosm ...

's '' Invisible Cities'' * Eudoxia, one of the colony worlds in The Expanse ('' Babylon’s Ashes'') * Eudoxia Vatatzes, mainspring character in

Patrick White Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was an Australian novelist and playwright who explored themes of religious experience, personal identity and the conflict between visionary individuals and a materialistic, co ...

’s novel The Twyborn Affair * Eudoxia Prade, a fictional character from The Immortals by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

Evdokia

Evdokia, one variant of the Greek name, can stand for: * Evdokia Bobyleva (1919–2017), Russian teacher *

Evdokia Kadi Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "", composed by Nikos Evagelou, with lyrics by Vangelis Evangelou, and performed by Evdokia Kadi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ...

, Cypriot singer * Evdokia (film), a 1971 film starring Maria Vassiliou, George Koutouzis, Koula Agagiotou, and Christos Zorbas *

Zeibekiko Zeibekiko (, ) is a Greek dances, Greek folk dance, similar to Turkish Zeybek (dance), Zeybek dance. Origin and history It takes its name from the Zeybeks, an irregular militia living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire from late 17th ...

of ''Evdokia'' (film), the characteristic zeibekiko song

Slavic variants of the Greek name

* Avdotya, Avdotia - Russian variant of the Greek name * Evdokija - Serbian variant of the Greek name * Evdokiya - Russian and Bulgarian variant of the Greek name

Places

* Eudocia (Cappadocia), an ancient city of Cappadocia *

Eudocia (Lycia) Eudocia () was a town in ancient Lycia. Although William Smith's ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1854) said that the ''Synecdemus'' of Hierocles mentions four towns in Asia Minor called Eudocia (Εὐδοκία), including one in Lyc ...

, an ancient city of Lycia *

Eudocias (Pamphylia) Eudocias () or Eudocia () was an ancient town in the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda, in the neighbourhood of Termessus. According to William Smith's ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1854), the ''Synecdemus'' of Hierocles mentions ...

, an ancient city of Pamphylia * Eudocia (Phrygia), an ancient city of Phrygia * Eudoxias, city and bishopric in Galatia, Anatolia *Eudocia, former name of

Tokat Tokat is a city of Turkey in the mid-Black Sea region of Anatolia. It is the seat of Tokat Province and Tokat District.

, Anatolia

Ships

*, British cargo ship