Theodora sole empress of Byzantium
1055
After the death of Constantine IX, the aged sister of Zoe returned to the throne and, despite her age and unmarried state, ruled competently for two years. At her death without heir the Macedonian dynasty that had ruled since 867 finally came to an end, and palace schemers took over.
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.