Theodora of Wallachia
1301–1352
Theodora of Wallachia (c. 1301, Principality of Wallachia — 1352, Second Bulgarian Empire) — Saint.
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Theodora of Wallachia was a 14th-century noblewoman and the daughter of Basarab I. As the first wife of the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Alexander, she mothered four children, including Michael Asen and Ivan Sratsimir. Following her divorce from the Tsar in 1345, she entered a monastery to live as a nun. Taking the name Teofana, she became the earliest recorded nun in Romanian history. She is recognized as a saint within the Orthodox tradition.