Euphrosyne (disambiguation)

Euphrosyne usually refers to a Greek goddess, and is a Greek female name; Phroso or Froso is its more common derivative.

Euphrosyne may also refer to:

People

Saints

• Euphrosyne of Alexandria (fl. 5th century), early Christian monastic and saint
• Euphrosyne of Polatsk (1110–1173), Belarusian Orthodox nun and saint
• Euphrosyne of Moscow (died 1407), Grand Duchess of Muscovy and Russian Orthodox saint
• Euphrosyne of Serbia (c. 1335–1405), also known as Princess Milica; Queen Regent of Serbia, Serbian Orthodox abbess and saint

Royalty

• Euphrosyne Angelina (died 1253 or 1288), daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelus
• Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken (1625–1687), Swedish countess palatine

Royal partners and concubines

• Euphrosyne (9th century) (c. 790–after 836), Byzantine Empress
• Euphrosyne of Opole (died 1292), wife of Casimir I of Kuyavia, and later of Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania
• Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera (1155–1211), Byzantine empress
• Euphrosyne of Kiev (c. 1130 – c. 1193), wife of king Géza II of Hungary
• Euphrosyne of Bulgaria (died before 1308), first wife of tzar Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria
• Afrosinya (1700–1748), mistress of the son of Peter the Great of Russia

Artists

• Euphrosyne Löf (1772–1828), Swedish actor
• Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet who used the pen name of "Euphrosyne"
• Eufrosyne Abrahamson (1836–1869), Swedish soprano
• Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa (1836–1874), Scottish soprano

Politicians

• Eufrosina Cruz (born 1979), Mexican activist and politician

Other uses

• 31 Euphrosyne, one of the largest main belt asteroids
• Boloria euphrosyne, the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly
• Euphrosyne (plant), a genus of flowering plants
• Euphrosine, 1790 opera by Étienne Méhul
• Euphrosine (annelid), a genus of Polychaete marine worms (with alternative spellings in literature)

See also

• Eufrozyna