Tranquillina
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Furia Sabinia Tranquillina (c. 225 – aft. 244 AD) was the Empress of Rome and wife of Emperor Gordian III. She was the young daughter of the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus by an unknown wife.
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Furia Sabinia Tranquillina | |||||||||
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Empress of the Roman Empire | |||||||||
Tenure | 241–244 AD | ||||||||
Born | c. 225 AD | ||||||||
Died | aft. 244 AD | ||||||||
Spouse | Gordian III | ||||||||
Issue | Furia | ||||||||
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Father | Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus |
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In 241 AD her father was appointed the head of the Praetorian Guard by the Roman Emperor Gordian III. In May that year, Tranquillina had married Gordian. She became a Roman Empress and received the honorific title of Augusta. Her marriage to Gordian was an admission by the young emperor of both Timesitheus' political indispensability and Tranquillina's suitability as an empress.