Zoe Porphyrogenita was empress of the Byzantine Empire from 1028 CE until her death in 1050 CE. In an eventful career, she reigned alongside three husbands, had a hand in the succession of her adopted son, and, in 1042 CE, she was co-ruler with her sister Theodora. Zoe is the subject of a colourful and somewhat unflattering biography in the Chronographia of the 11th-century CE Byzantine historian Michael Psellos.
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c. 978 - 1050Life of Byzantine Empress Zoe.
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1025 - 1028Reign of Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.
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1028 - 1034Reign of Byzantine emperor Romanos III Argyros.
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1028 - 1050Reign of Byzantine Empress Zoe (including spells alongside three husbands, a nephew and sister).
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1034 - 1041Reign of Byzantine emperor Michael IV the Paphalgonian.
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1041 - 1042Reign of Byzantine emperor Michael V.
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1042 - 1055Reign of Byzantine emperor Constantine IX.
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Apr 1042 - Jun 1042Reign of Byzantine empresses Zoe and Theodora.
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Jun 1042Byzantine Empress Zoe marries Constantine IX.
