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Death of Byzantine Emperor Constantine X

Type Event Region Europe Time 1067

In May 1067, Byzantine Emperor Constantine X Doukas died of illness in Constantinople, ending his roughly eight-year reign of fiscal austerity and mi…

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  1. 1067Constantinople · ByzantiumConstantine X Doukas, worn down by long overwork and external military pressures, fell gravely ill and died in the capital in May 1067, leaving behind a minor heir and fiscal and frontier difficulties.
  2. 1067–1068Constantinople · ByzantiumWidow Eudokia Makrembolitissa served as regent for her son Michael VII, while the Doukas family and military nobles jockeyed for real power and frontier command, plunging the empire into a brief but critical power vacuum.

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