Maria 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | M IX |
| PmbZ No. | 4741 |
| Ethnicity | Macedonian |
| Locations | Macedonia (birthplace); Macedonia (residence); Constantinople (residence); Constantinople; Macedonia |
| Textual Sources | Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Maria 5 was the first wife of Basilios 7 (the future emperor Basil I); a native of Macedonia (probably meaning the region of Adrianople, where Basilios 7 himself originated); the emperor Michael III (Michael 11) forced Basilios 7 to divorce her and sent her back to her homeland with great wealth: Leo Gramm. 242, Georg. Mon. Cont. 828, Ps.-Symeon 675.
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