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Birth:          ABT  380 Gaul
Death:          6 Oct  404 
Cause of Death: miscarriage

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Eudoxia (d. 6 Oct 404), wife of, and a powerful influence over, the Eastern Roman 
emperor Arcadius (reigned 383-408).

Her father was a Frankish chieftain and one-term Roman consul (385) named Bauto. 
The marriage (27 April 395) of Arcadius to Eudoxia was arranged by Arcadius' corrupt 
minister, the eunuch Eutropius, who had supported the match in order to undercut the 
position of a political rival. But Eudoxia came to resent being dominated by Eutropius, 
and in 399 she helped to bring about his downfall. The period of Eudoxia's most 
decisive influence over her ineffectual husband dates from her designation as augusta 
on 9 Jan 400.

Although an earnest Christian, she quarreled bitterly with John Chrysostom, partriarch 
of Constantinople, who attacked her and the frivolity of her court in outspoken terms. 
In 404 she expelled him from his see and sent him into exile. Shortly afterward Eudoxia 
died from a miscarriage. But she had borne Arcadius four daughters and a son, who 
became the emperor Theodosius II (reigned 408-450). One of the daughters, 
Pulcheria, was regent for Theodosius II for several years.

[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995]

Parents
OF THE FRANKS Bauto (ABT  350 - AFT  385)

Siblings
OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Eudoxia (ABT  380 - 6 Oct  404)

Marriage To ____ Arcadius I (ABT  377 - May  408)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Theodosius I ("the Great") (11 Jan  347 - 17 Jan  395)
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Aelia Flacilla ( 355 -  386)

Children by ____ Arcadius I ABT  377 - May  408
____ Theodosius II (10 Apr  401 - 28 Jul  450)

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