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Oops. Porphyrogenite status is especially significant to Byzantine foreign
relations in the tenth century, but there's no reason why somebody working
on other periods should have run across it. A porphyrogenita (or masculine
porphyrogenitus) is a princess or prince "born to the purple"---in other
words, a child born to a reigning Byzantine emperor. This is significant
in the case of Vladimir because it's the first time a 1st-class princess
was given to a barbarian, and marks his very special status. Otto I of
Germany had done his best to get one for his son Otto II, but had to make
do with the niece of a usurper (Theophanu).
Phyllis
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>Please forgive my ignorance, but what is porphyrogenita?
>ross
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