SKLERAINA Θεοφανώ

0960 - 0991  (~ 30 years)

• Name	SKLERAINA Θεοφανώ
  Birth	0960	Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Jun 0991	Cologne, Holy Roman Empire
  Notes	Name and Titles Name: Theophanu, Regent of the Holy Roman Empire Orthographic variations: Theophania, Theophana or Theophano Greek: Θεοφανώ, German: Theophanu, Theofana Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire (on her marriage to Otto II) Regent of the Holy Roman Empire (during the minority of her son). She was called the "niece" of John I Tzimiskes in her marriage charter, though there are other interpretations of the word neptis (e.g. granddaughter). She is usually said to have been a member of the Skleros family. Her parentage is not known with certainty. Marriage and Children Married: Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor. An elaborate charter to seal this marriage is still extant, and is dated 14 April 972. She was married at 12.[citation needed] Children of Otto II and Theophanu:[1] Adelaide I, Abbess of Quedlinburg and Gandersheim, born 973/974, died 1045. Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim and Essen, born October 975,[17] died 1039. Mathilde, born summer 978, died 1025; who married Ezzo, count palatine of Lotharingia. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, born end June/early July 980. A daughter, a twin to Otto, who died before October 8, 980. Death Died: 988 in Nijmegen (now in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands) Burial: Church of St. Pantaleon in Cologne, Germany Images http://www.myheritageimages.com/D/storage/site64704372/files/50/35/71/503571_7262394ge27i0e51ic709c.jpg http://www.myheritageimages.com/D/storage/site64704372/files/50/35/61/503561_718785m74e00r02h75hm9c.jpg Sources ↑ Wikipedia: "Theophanu," Wikipedia contributors, , The Free Encyclopedia, Wikipedia: "Theophanu," Moriarty, G. Andrews. Who Was The Empress Theophano, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 186.
  Person ID	I57897	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	SKLEROS Konstantinos,   b. 0928, Constantinople ( now Istanbul), Turkey d. Aft 0980 (Age ~ 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	PHOKAINA Sofia,   b. Abt 0936, Byzantine Empire d. Abt 0963, Byzantine Empire (Age 27 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	0956
  Family ID	F25851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	von SACHSEN Otto,   b. 0955, Schwaben, Sachsen, Germany d. 07 Dec 0983, Rome, Papal States (Age ~ 28 years)
  Children	1. von SACHSEN Mathilde,   b. Jun 0979, Sachsen, Germany d. 04 Nov 1025, Esch, Sauer, Germany (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026