EFL - Enciclopedia delle Famiglie Lombarde

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM.htm [MARIA] [Irena] ([1030/ 35])-1067). The Primary Chronicle refers to the wife of Vsevolod as "t he Greek princess" but does not name her or give her origin [''Primar y Chronicle'' 1053, p. 142]. The primary source which states her nam e has not so far been identified. Apparently she and her marriage ar e not referred to in Greek sources. No doubt her belonging to the Mono machos family has been assumed, firstly because her son is generally k nown as "Vladimir Monomakh", and secondly because Emperor Konstantino s IX Monomachos ruled in Byzantium at the date of her marriage, but n o information has been found to corroborate this. It is unlikely tha t she was the daughter of the Emperor Konstantinos himself as he is no t recorded in Greek sources as having had children by any of his wive s or mistresses, although her birth date range (estimated from the bir th of her son in 1053) would be consistent with her having been the da ughter of his second marriage. In particular, Psellos mentions no chil dren in his detailed review of the events of his reign. The primary so urce which corroborates the date of her marriage has not so far been i dentified.