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Constantine IX Monomachos

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1000–1055 Also known as Constantine IX Monomachos、Constantine IX Monomachus、君士坦丁九世·莫诺马霍斯

Constantine IX Monomachos (c. 1000–1055) was a Byzantine emperor (1042–1055), a noble of the Monomachos family and third husband of Empress Zoe;…

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  1. c. 1000–1042Constantinople · ConstantinopleBorn into the prominent Monomachos family, he held high office at court. He had a secret affair with Zoe but was briefly exiled to Lesbos due to Romanos III's opposition; after the successive downfalls of Michael IV and Michael V, he was recalled in 1042, married Zoe, and ascended the throne.
  2. 1042–1050Constantinople · ConstantinopleMarried Zoe and was crowned on 11 June 1042, ruling jointly with the empress and later with her sister Theodora. He vigorously patronized scholarship and architecture, rebuilding the side aisles of Hagia Sophia and establishing chairs of law; in 1047 he suppressed the revolt of Leo Tornikios.
  3. 1050–1055Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter Zoe's death in June 1050, Constantine continued to co-rule with Theodora until 1055. Abroad he dealt with the Pechenegs and Seljuk Turks; in 1054 the Eastern and Western Churches formally split following the conflict between Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael Cerularius. He died on 11 January 1055 without issue.

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