Theophano of Athens

Theophano (Greek: Θεοφανώ; died after 811) was the empress consort of Staurakios of the Byzantine Empire.

Members of the imperial guard had managed to transfer him to Adrianople but he never fully recovered from his wounds.

The other centered on his sister Prokopia who intended to place her husband Michael I Rangabe on the throne.

The possibility of a second Empress regnant so soon after Irene seems to have turned the nobility in support of Michael and Prokopia.

Other factors were ongoing war with Krum and negotiations with Charlemagne over the legality of his imperial title.

Constantine VII recorded in the 10th century that Staurakios and Theophano shared a common grave in the monastery of the Holy Trinity in Constantinople.