Pulcheria

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Aelia Pulcheria (; Ancient Greek: Πουλχερία; 19 January 398 or 399 – July 453) was an Eastern Roman empress as well as the Augusta of the Roman Empire in the east from 414, who jointly ruled alongside her brother, the emperor Theodosius II, issuing state decrees, determining imperial and foreign policy, state administration, state appoinments aswell as minted coins with her name and image alongside her brother. She then became wife to emperor Marcian from November 450 and continued to remain as Augusta, jointly ruling over the empire alongside Marcian till her death in 453. It was under her leadership that Council of Chalcedon and Council of Ephesus took place and she is venerated as a Saint in both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches for her role in the councils. She was the second (and oldest surviving) child of Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius and Empress Aelia Eudoxia. In 414, the fifteen-year old Pulcheria became the guardian of her younger brother Theodosius II and was also...

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