Empress, three husbands
Byzantine empress Zoe made three husbands emperor in turn. The first, Romanos III, was found dead in his bath in 1034; she married her lover the same day and he was crowned Michael IV the next. Her third was Constantine IX.
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Zoe Porphyrogenita
978–1050 · Macedonian dynasty
Byzantine Empress. Born at Constantinople. Died at Constantinople.
See Zoe Porphyrogenita on the tree On the map
Family
- Father
- Konstantinos VIII
- Mother
- Helena
- Married
- Otto III
Konstantinos IX Monomachos
Michael IV the Paphlagonian
Romanos III Argyros - Siblings (1)
- Theodora Porphyrogenita 984
Related to
- Zoe Porphyrogenita was the first cousin 21 times removed of Victoria.
- Zoe Porphyrogenita was the first cousin 18 times removed of Louis XIV of France.