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Group: Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
People: Yaqub Bek
Topic: Little Ice Age, Warm Phase II
Location: Hamadan > Ecbatana Hamadan Iran

Zoë has become self-assertive and jealous: Theodora, …

Years: 1034 - 1034

Zoë has become self-assertive and jealous: Theodora, though living in retirement, had excited Zoë's jealousy and, on a pretext of conspiracy, has been confined in a monastery.

Zoë, neglected by her husband, has become enamored of her young Paphlagonian chamberlain, Michael, a man of humble origin who owes his elevation to his brother, the influential and capable eunuch John the Orphanotrophus, who had brought him to court.

Emperor Romanus, allegedly poisoned by Zoë, becomes ill in 1034; upon his death on April 11, she at once takes control and marries her lover, who is proclaimed Emperor Michael IV, called the Paphlagonian.

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Southeast Europe (1034 - 1034)
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Eastern Southeast Europe (1034 - 1034)