Theodote (Greek: Θεοδότη, romanized: Theodoti; c. 780 – after 797) was the second empress consort of Constantine VI of the Byzantine Empire.
Irene was the widow of Leo IV the Khazar and mother of his heir Constantine VI.
Constantine was married to Maria of Amnia and the imperial couple had two daughters, Euphrosyne and a younger Irene.
In August 795, Theodote (then aged about fifteen) was officially betrothed to the Emperor and proclaimed an Augusta, a title Maria had never been granted.
[1] In the so-called "Moechian controversy" (from Greek: μοιχός, romanized: moichos, "adulterer"), her uncle Plato and her cousin Theodore, respectively the recently retired abbot of the Sakkoudion Monastery and his successor, initiated protests against the marriage and called for the excommunication of Joseph and everyone who had received communion from him.
The displaced Iconoclasts were already against Irene and her son since the restoration of the icons decided in the Second Council of Nicaea (787).
Symeon Metaphrastes identified this new monastic institution with the "monastery of Isidore", named after the patrician who had reportedly built the palace.
George Hamartolus reports that a few decades later Theophilos (reigned 829 – 842) converted the original building to a hostel and transferred the nuns to a new residence.