Constantine IX Monomachos reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055. A member of the urban aristocracy rather than the old military nobility, he became emperor through his 1042 marriage to the reigning empress Zoe Porphyrogenita. He shared the throne with Zoe and with her sister, Theodora Porphyrogenita, and his energetic rule is counted among the most consequential of the empire's turbulent eleventh century.
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Preceded By
Zoe took Constantine Monomachos as her third husband in 1042, making him emperor.
Ruled
Succeeded By
After Constantine IX died in 1055, Zoe's sister Theodora ruled alone as reigning empress.
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1. Constantine IX Monomachos, Wikipedia
Infobox, Born field
Antioch
Infobox, Died field
11 January 1055
Infobox, Place of death field
Constantinople
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reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055
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