Empress Irene Timeline

Byzantine empress Irene is born in Athens.

Empress Irene rules as regent for Byzantine emperor Constantine VI.

Reign of Byzantine emperor Constantine VI (with Empress Irene as regent 780-790 CE).

The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea rules an end to iconoclasm in the Byzantine Christian Church.

Empress Irene rules the Byzantine empire.

Byzantine empress Irene blinds and kills her son Constantine VI.

Byzantine empress Irene is exiled to Lesbos.