{"slug": "zoe-porphyrogenita", "label": "Zoë Porphyrogenita", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Porphyrogenita", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [978, 1056], "span_label": ["978 CE", "1056 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "romanos-iii-argyros", "label": "Romanos III Argyros", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "chamberlain-office", "label": "Chamberlain (office)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantine-ix-monomachos", "label": "Constantine IX Monomachos", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 978, "year_label": "978 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zoë, Byzantine empress consort (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272344#Births", "title": "978", "revid": 1365272344, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1028, "year_label": "1028 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Emperor Constantine VIII dies at Constantinople after a 3-year reign. On his deathbed, and without a male heir, Constantine arranges that his eldest daughter, Zoë Porphyrogenita, succeeds him and marries the Byzantine nobleman, Romanos III (Argyros).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299472#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1028", "revid": 1363299472, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1034, "year_label": "1034 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – Emperor Romanos III (Argyros) is drowned in his bath, at the urging of his wife Zoë, who marries her chamberlain, and elevates him to the throne of the Byzantine Empire, as Michael IV. Romanos is buried in the Church of St. Mary Peribleptos in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215274#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1034", "revid": 1342215274, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1041, "year_label": "1041 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian dies after a 6-year reign. His wife, Empress Zoë, elevates (on the advice of her lover John the Orphanotrophos) her adoptive son to the throne of the Byzantine Empire, as Michael V Kalaphates. Shortly after, Michael comes into conflict with his uncle John, and banishes him to a monastery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365267586#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1041", "revid": 1365267586, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1042, "year_label": "1042 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Emperor Michael V Kalaphates banishes his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoë, for plotting to poison him, to the island of Principo. His announcement as sole emperor leads to a popular revolt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130047#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1042", "revid": 1350130047, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1050, "year_label": "1050 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zoë, empress of the Byzantine Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368550668#Deaths", "title": "1050", "revid": 1368550668, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1055, "year_label": "1055 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos dies after a 12½-year reign at Constantinople. He is succeeded by Theodora (a sister of the former Empress Zoë), who is proclaimed by the imperial guard (with strong opposition from the council) as empress of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301978694#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1055", "revid": 1301978694, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1056, "year_label": "1056 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – Empress Theodora (a sister of the former Empress Zoë) dies after a 18-month reign, by a sudden illness at Constantinople. She is succeeded by Michael VI Bringas (\"the Old\"), who had served as military finance minister under the former Emperor Romanos III. Michael is appointed through the influence of Leo Paraspondylos, Theodora's most trusted adviser. This ends the Macedonian dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365382431#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1056", "revid": 1365382431, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}