KnowraIrene of AthensLinked fromLinked fromThe 5 pages that link to Irene of Athens, each with the reason it gives.All 5Related 3Compared with 2CharlemagneRelated: Her rule formed part of the dispute over imperial authority in the West.Second Council of NicaeaRelated: She sponsored the council after governing as regent for her son.Leo III the IsaurianCompared with: Her support for images opposed the iconoclast policy associated with Leo’s reign.Theodore the StuditeRelated: Her council restored the veneration of icons in 787, before Theodore became a leading iconophile.Pope Leo IIICompared with: Her rule formed part of the political context in which western leaders questioned Byzantine imperial legitimacy.