{"id":23125,"count":1,"description":"Zoe (in Greek: \u0396\u03c9\u03ae, Z\u014d\u0113, meaning \"Life\") (c. 978 \u2013 June 1050) reigned as Byzantine Empress alongside her sister Theodora from April 19 to June 11, 1042. In addition, she was also enthroned as the Empress Consort to a series of co-rulers beginning with Romanos\u00a0III in 1028 until her death in 1050 whilst married to Constantine\u00a0IX.\nZoe was one of the few Byzantine empresses who was Porphyrogenita, or \"born into the purple\" (that is, she was born to a reigning emperor). She was the second daughter of Constantine\u00a0VIII and Helena, daughter of Alypius. Her father had become co-emperor in 962, and sole emperor in 1025. His reign as sole emperor lasted for only three years, from December 15, 1025 to November 15, 1028.\nHer position as an eligible imperial princess saw her considered as a possible bride for the Holy Roman Emperor in the west, Otto\u00a0III in 996. A second embassy sent in 1001, headed by Arnulf, Archbishop of Milan was tasked with selecting Otto\u2019s bride from among Constantine\u2019s three...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/zoe\/","name":"Zoe","slug":"zoe","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/23125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=23125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}