Zoe Zaoutzaina was the second wife of the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise. She was the daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, a high-ranking bureaucrat during the reign of her husband.
Zoe was first married to Theodore Gouniatzizes, an otherwise obscure member of the court. She became mistress to the Emperor after the death of her husband. Leo fall in love with Zoe about 889 in the third year of his reign. At the time Leo was married to Theophano, daughter of Constantine Martiniakos. Their marriage had been arranged by his father Basil I. They had a daughter but the marriage of Leo VI and Theophano seems to have been loveless.
In 893, Theophano retired to a monastery in the Blachernae suburb of Constantinople. Theophano is considered particularly devoted to the church throughout her life.
Zoe replaced her in the palace and court life. Zoe's father Stylianos Zaoutzes rose to the top of palace hierarchy and was even awarded the new title of basileopato-r ("father of the emperor"). Which he held until his death in 896. Theophano died in her monastery on 10 November 897.
Leo VI and Zoe had at least two daughters. However different copies of the text give two different names for the second one:
Anna was the name of the first daughter of Leo VI and Zoe. Anna married Louis the Blind and their child was Charles Constantine of Vienne.
Zoe died in 899 and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles where Leo VI, Theophano and his third wife Eudokia.
Zoe was first married to Theodore Gouniatzizes, an otherwise obscure member of the court. She became mistress to the Emperor after the death of her husband. Leo fall in love with Zoe about 889 in the third year of his reign. At the time Leo was married to Theophano, daughter of Constantine Martiniakos. Their marriage had been arranged by his father Basil I. They had a daughter but the marriage of Leo VI and Theophano seems to have been loveless.
In 893, Theophano retired to a monastery in the Blachernae suburb of Constantinople. Theophano is considered particularly devoted to the church throughout her life.
Zoe replaced her in the palace and court life. Zoe's father Stylianos Zaoutzes rose to the top of palace hierarchy and was even awarded the new title of basileopato-r ("father of the emperor"). Which he held until his death in 896. Theophano died in her monastery on 10 November 897.
Leo VI and Zoe had at least two daughters. However different copies of the text give two different names for the second one:
Anna was the name of the first daughter of Leo VI and Zoe. Anna married Louis the Blind and their child was Charles Constantine of Vienne.
Zoe died in 899 and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles where Leo VI, Theophano and his third wife Eudokia.
Zoe Zaoutzaina was the second wife of the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise. She was the daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, a high-ranking bureaucrat during the reign of her husband.
Zoe was first married to Theodore Gouniatzizes, an otherwise obscure member of the court. She became mistress to the Emperor after the death of her husband. Leo fall in love with Zoe about 889 in the third year of his reign. At the time Leo was married to Theophano, daughter of Constantine Martiniakos. Their marriage had been arranged by his father Basil I. They had a daughter but the marriage of Leo VI and Theophano seems to have been loveless.
In 893, Theophano retired to a monastery in the Blachernae suburb of Constantinople. Theophano is considered particularly devoted to the church throughout her life.
Zoe replaced her in the palace and court life. Zoe's father Stylianos Zaoutzes rose to the top of palace hierarchy and was even awarded the new title of basileopato-r ("father of the emperor"). Which he held until his death in 896. Theophano died in her monastery on 10 November 897.
Leo VI and Zoe had at least two daughters. However different copies of the text give two different names for the second one:
Anna was the name of the first daughter of Leo VI and Zoe. Anna married Louis the Blind and their child was Charles Constantine of Vienne.
Zoe died in 899 and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles where Leo VI, Theophano and his third wife Eudokia.
Zoe was first married to Theodore Gouniatzizes, an otherwise obscure member of the court. She became mistress to the Emperor after the death of her husband. Leo fall in love with Zoe about 889 in the third year of his reign. At the time Leo was married to Theophano, daughter of Constantine Martiniakos. Their marriage had been arranged by his father Basil I. They had a daughter but the marriage of Leo VI and Theophano seems to have been loveless.
In 893, Theophano retired to a monastery in the Blachernae suburb of Constantinople. Theophano is considered particularly devoted to the church throughout her life.
Zoe replaced her in the palace and court life. Zoe's father Stylianos Zaoutzes rose to the top of palace hierarchy and was even awarded the new title of basileopato-r ("father of the emperor"). Which he held until his death in 896. Theophano died in her monastery on 10 November 897.
Leo VI and Zoe had at least two daughters. However different copies of the text give two different names for the second one:
Anna was the name of the first daughter of Leo VI and Zoe. Anna married Louis the Blind and their child was Charles Constantine of Vienne.
Zoe died in 899 and is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles where Leo VI, Theophano and his third wife Eudokia.
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