Zoe (English spelling)

Japanese: ゾエ（英語表記）Zōē Porphyrogenētē

[Raw] 978
[Death] 1050
Byzantine Emperor (reigned 1042). Empress of Romanus III. Daughter of Constantine VIII. As her father had no sons, she married Romanus III in her 50s. After her father's death, she murdered her husband, who was emperor, with the eunuch John, and married his brother, Michael IV. After his death (41), she was sent to a monastery by his nephew Michael V, but was restored with the support of the people of the capital, Constantinople, and became co-ruler with her sister Theodora (42). She then married Constantine IX for the third time, and the three of them ruled together. After that, she lived her life by faith, had cosmetics made that were the pinnacle of science created, and used them, and it is said that she never lost her beauty until her death.

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Japanese:

[生]978
[没]1050
ビザンチン皇帝 (在位 1042) 。ロマヌス3世の皇妃。コンスタンチヌス8世の娘。父帝に息子がいなかったため，50歳代になってロマヌス3世と結婚，父の死後帝位にあった夫を宦官ヨハネスと謀殺し，その弟のミカエル4世と結婚。4世の死 (41) 後，4世の甥のミカエル5世に修道院に送られたが，首都コンスタンチノープルの住民の支持で復帰，妹のテオドラと共同統治者となった (42) 。次いでコンスタンチヌス9世と3度目の結婚をし3人が共治。その後は信仰に生き，科学の粋を集めた化粧薬をつくらせて使用し，死ぬまで美しさを失わなかったという。

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