Zoe Karbonopsina of Byzantium

  General Notes:

Unmarried: Leon VI Filosofus of Byzantium in 894
General Notes:
She was living in 912.Zoè var keiser Leo VI's elskerinne. Etter hennes sønns, Konstantin VII's tronbestigelse som bysantisk keiser i 912, regjerte hun en tid i hans navn.
Research Notes:
Zoe Karvounopsina (Coal-Eyes) was fourth wife of the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI and mother of Constantine VII (born 905).905: bore son (later Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus) ?: married Emperor Leo VI the 'Wise', causing rift with Church. 914: seized control of government from Patriarch Nicholas Mysticus and cancelled agreement with Bulgars. 917 sent ambassador to the Pechenegs, urging attack on Bulgars. ?920: overthrown by Romanus I Lecapenus, became a nun. <../Sources.htm>
Noted events in her life were:
• She was an Empress.
Zoè had a child with Leon VI Filosofus of Byzantium in 894. (Leon VI Filosofus of Byzantium was born on 19 Sep 866 and died on 11 May 912.)

Zoe married Leon VI Filosofus of Byzantium. (Leon VI Filosofus of Byzantium was born on 19 Sep 866 and died on 11 May 912.)