Family
Theodora was a daughter of the sebastokratÅr Isaac Komnenos by his second wife, Eirene Synadene. Her father was a son of Emperor John II Komnenos and Piroska of Hungary, daughter of King Ladislaus I of Hungary.
Her paternal uncles included Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. Her sister Eudokia Komnene married William VIII of Montpellier and was the grandmother of King James I of Aragon. Her half-sister Maria Komnene married King Stephen IV of Hungary.
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