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• Death: 1055

• Reference: 2353

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Notes

marriage to Zoe, daughter of the Emporer Constantine VIII, and reigned

from 1042 to 1055.

During his reign, in 1043, Yaroslav I, Grand Duke of Kiev (RIN 1260),

after many years of peace between the Rus and the Empire, became

restless. After looking for and finding a pretext for war, he sent his

eldest son, Vladimir, with a large army and fleet, to Byzantine territory.

The Imperial forces destroyed this fleet with "Greek fire" and the army

made a hasty retreat. This was the last time in the middle ages that the

Rus attemted an assult upon the Empire.

It was also in this reign that the Turkish barbarian tribe, known as the

Patzinaks completely annihilated the Byzantine army that had been sent

to subdue them. The Empire was forced to buy peace at a very heavy

price.

About this time, Robert Guiscard (RIN 1602), the Norman, was just

beginning his career in Italy.

Upon Constantine's death, the throne went to Zoe's sister, Theodora,the

last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Byzantine Emporers.