Tranquillina

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Furia Sabinia Tranquillina
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Sabinia Tranquillina Augusta[1]
Museo Chiaramonti, ca. 241
Born c. 225
Died aft. 244
Spouse(s) Gordian III
Children Furia

Furia Sabinia Tranquillina (ca. 225 – aft. 244) 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.

In 241 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.

Nerva–Antonine family tree

Sources

  • Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) ² T 587

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Royal titles
Preceded by Empress of Rome
241–244
Succeeded by
Marcia Otacilia Severa