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	Zoe (empress) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Empress Zoe as depicted in a mosaic from the Hagia Sophia
		978 - 1050) was Empress of the Byzantine Empire with co-rulers November 15, 1028 - 1050, and reigning Empress from April 19 to June 11, 1042.
		Zoe was one of the few Byzantine empresses "born into the purple" (that is, as the legitimate child of a reigning emperor).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zoe_(empress) (405 words)

	Zoe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zoe (tribe), an indigenous tribe of the Brazilian Amazon
		Zoe (robot) (correctly Zoë) is a four wheeled robot used to map life in the Atacama Desert
		Zoe MacPherson is a character of the comic strip Baby Blues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zoe (206 words)

	AllRefer.com - ZoE (Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		ZoE was first married when she was 50 years old at the request of her father to insure stability in the empire.
		The chief event of the period was the final schism between the Eastern Church and the Western Church, brought about by the attacks of Michael Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople, on the papacy and by the attacks of the legates of Pope Leo IX on the patriarchate.
		After ZoE's death in 1050, Constantine continued to rule jointly with Theodora; he died in 1055, and Theodora in 1056; Michael VI, a Byzantine nobleman who was chosen her successor, was forced to abdicate in 1057 in favor of Isaac I, founder of the Comnenus dynasty.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Z/Zoe.html (422 words)

	Zoe (empress) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Zoe was one of the few Byzantine empresses born into the purple (that is, as the legitimate child of an reigning emperor).
		She was daughter of Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire, who had become co-emperor in 976, and sole emperor in 1025.
		Her next co-ruler was her adoptive son Michael V Calaphates, nephew of her second husband, whose short reign lasted only into the next year.
	www.reidsville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Zoe_of_Byzantium (316 words)

	Empress articles on Encyclopedia.com
		Zoë ZOË [Zoë], c.978-1050, Byzantine empress (1028-50), daughter and successor of Constantine VIII.
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		Pulcheria PULCHERIA [Pulcheria], 399-453, Roman empress of the East (414-53), daughter of Arcadius and Eudoxia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Empress (423 words)

	Hotels in Turkey \| Hotels in Istanbul \| Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters \| Mosaic of the Empress Zoe
		The mosaics of zoe are situated on the east wall of the hall in the southern gallery reserved for emperors.
		The empress was the daughter of Constantine VII.
		Althought Empress zoe is seen young in the mosaics, she was quite old even at her first " marriage in 1028.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml?id=189 (508 words)

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		Zoe and Theodora were the final members of the Macedonian dynasty, which had ruled for nearly two centuries.
		She was a succesful empress and produced a capable heir to the throne.
		As well as being heiress to one of the more strategic counties of north west Europe and a large fief centred on Essex, Matilda was closely related to the kings of Jerusalem, the counts of Flanders, and the kings of Scotland (Malcolm III was her maternal grandfather).
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~byzantium/queens.txt (2215 words)

	Istanbul 11
		Empress Zoe's first husband the Emperor Romanus lll contributed to the repair of the basilica, hence the purse.
		Zoe and Michael lV, ruled jointly until his death at which time she ruled with his nephew.
		Zoe is seen here in her ceremonial robes, holding a scroll containing a list of donations to the Church.
	www.wright-photo.com /istanbul11.htm (320 words)

	Hagia Sophia: Page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mosaic depicting the Empress Zoe (1028-1050) and her third husband, Constantine IX Monomachus (1042-1055), presenting to the enthroned Christ a bag containing gold coins and a scroll inscribed with a list of donations.
		The first mosaic portrays Christ enthroned, between the Empress Zoe (1028-1050) and her third husband Constantine IX Monomachus (1042-1055).
		Zoe presents Christ with a scroll inscribed with a list of her donations to the church.
	www.patriarchate.org /ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_4/html/hagia_sophia__page_3.html (1119 words)

	Search Results for "Zoe" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Zoe was first married when she was 50 years old at the request of her...
		An aged senator, he married Zoe and thus succeeded to the throne.
		...Basil was succeeded by Constantine VIII (reigned 1025-28) and by Constantine's daughter Zoe....
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Zoe (182 words)

	Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
		ZOË [Zoë], c.978-1050, Byzantine empress (1028-50), daughter and successor of Constantine VIII.
		Zoë was first married when she was 50 years old at the request of her father to insure stability in the empire.
		At the same time Zoë's younger sister, Theodora, was crowned joint empress.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Zoe (302 words)

	Macedonian Dynasty - The Macedonian Epoch (867-1081)
		Zoe survived him, and at the age of about fifty-six married her lover, Michael the Paphlagonian, who was proclaimed emperor at his wife's entreaty, and ruled as Michael IV the Paphlagonian from 1034 to 1041.
		In the same year 1042 Zoe married for the third time, and her new husband was proclaimed emperor.
		Zoe died before her third husband, but Theodora survived Constantine Monomachus and became the sole ruler of the Empire after his death 1055-56).
	www.historyofmacedonia.org /RomanMacedonia/MacedonianDynasty.htm (1120 words)

	Theodoros Skoutariotes:
		During his emperorship died empress Zoe and was buried with great royal honours in the church of Antiphonetes, constructed by her.
		Theodora [1055-1056] that born in purple was empress for one year and seven months and by thin emperor in wisdom she did not married but by the eunuchs she governed and in peace the time has been passed.
		But the empress changed her mind for him, she changed the agreements that made with her husband about the safety of their children and became to be in love with Romanos, where in one night change him from a convict condemned to death to emperor since was married with him before.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/skoutariotes1.html (3026 words)

	Organica News -- The Environment: Rooms with Views (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"The Empress Zoe was beloved by her people," grins Ann, "perhaps because she was a bit of a bawdy empress—married five times, had artists paint over the face of the latest deceased husband in the Hagia Sophia with the likeness of her current mate.
		It portrays Zoe with a golden replica of the Hotel Empress Zoe in one hand (like a waiter holds a full tray), a pose Ann calls typical of some art of the period.
		Zoe days begin in sensory appreciation—the sun's caress, the sight of passing ships on the Bosphorus, and a typical Turkish repast—hot baguettes with butter and jam, tea or coffee, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, crumbly sheep's cheese and fl olives pungent with brine.
	www.organicanews.com /news/article.cfm?story_id=121 (2724 words)

	Monsoon - The Asian Journal of Brandeis
		Empress Tzu Hsi is a much-maligned figure in the Chinese history.
		With Tung Chih’s death, Tzu Hsi’s detractors claimed, the empress was able to continue her rule as regent by putting yet another child-emperor, Kuang Hsu, on the throne.
		In Morrison’s narration, the cause of the Rebellion was blamed solely on Tzu Hsi: “The anti-foreign, anti-Christian movement which has now culminated in the occupation of Peking by the allied Powers was from the outset encouraged and fostered by the Empress Dowager and by the ignorant reactionaries whom she selected as her advisers”.
	people.brandeis.edu /~monsoon/articles/jiang_empress.htm (1834 words)

	FOCUS on Hagia Sophia (GALLERY)
		Historical documents indicate that, the western gallery was the most important one, since it was reserved for the empress and her retinue.
		It is said that on the occasion of each of Zoe's three marriages, the face of the previous emperor was replaced by that of the new one.
		Devoid of the stiffness apparent in portraits of sovereigns, both the emperor and the empress are depicted in this 12th century mosaic with the soft, realistic expressions befitting their character.
	www.focusmm.com /civilization/hagia/gallery.htm (865 words)

	Greg Bard's Genealogical Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Zoe was 62 years old when she married Constantine and allowed him to bring his mistress, Sclerena (Skleraina) into the royal palace.
		Zoe was careful not to visit him without making sure he was "disengaged".
		Zoe was and he evidently did not pass on the Emporership to any sons - if he had any.
	www.shocking.com /~gregbard/genealogy/not00594.php (131 words)

	The Arrival of Empress Zoe 1996
		The hermaphrodite condition of Empress Zoe has been revealed by Cardinal Petroccelly, one of her passive homosexual lovers.
		Condemned by the Holy See to be drowned in the Bosphorous, the Empress managed to take to the waters the Light of the Casiksi Diamond which assured her the favor of the Demons.
		The representation of this legendary true story was incarnated by Emissaries Justin Miller as Empress Zoe and by Steffanos X as the High Priest of Hell.
	www.burningmanopera.org /opera96.html (278 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Michael Psellus: Chronographia: Book VI
		Zoe, in particular, opened the coffers of the imperial treasury.**79 Any trifles hidden away there were distributed by her with generous abandon.
		Zoe's first reaction, when for the second time she found herself at the head of the Empire, was, as I have already said, to protect herself against any sudden reversal of fortune in the future.
		With his physical eyes he beheld Zoe, but in his mind's eye was the image of his mistress; while he folded the empress in his arms, it was the other woman whom he clasped in the imagination of his heart.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/psellus-chrono06.html (22216 words)

	Flashing Swords Volume 1, Issue 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Perhaps because all the people were looking at her, and she dreaded the anger of the Empress, her aunt, a flush spread from her throat into her cheeks.
		Above the tumult Zoe's high voice was heard, and presently the Englishman thrust his way through to Harald.
		Over the water resounded the melodious blast of the horns that signified the Empress was ready to watch the spectacle.
	www.swordandsorcery.org /fs/vol1-iss1-03.asp (4633 words)

	Book 10, Chapter 4
		Her Majesty the Empress had promised Louise a dowry; but the money intended for it had been spent otherwise, and my wife had nothing but a few little jewels, and two or three pieces of stuff.
		The school was directed by Madame Vigogne, widow of the colonel of that name, and an old friend of the Empress, who had induced her to take a boarding-school, and promised to secure her as many pupils as she could.
		One morning when Madame Vigogne had dressed to go and see the Empress, as she was coming downstairs to go to her carriage, she heard piercing screams from one of the class-rooms.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /Book_10/V2C4.html (1755 words)

	Zoe Biography / Biography of Zoe Main Biography
		At his death (January 1055) Theodora was left to rule alone, as sovereign in her own exclusive right, for 18 months, until her death in 1056 ended the Macedonian dynasty definitively.
		Zoë figures prominently and vividly in the court memoirs of the contemporary scholar and official Michael Psellus, The Chronographia, which was translated into English by E. Sewter (1953).
		An illuminating commentary on this account by J. Bury, "Roman Emperors from Basil II to Isaac Komnenos," is reprinted in his Selected Essays, edited by Harold Temperley (1930).
	www.bookrags.com /biography-zoe (728 words)

	Bibliography - Michael V
		Michael V Calaphates (1015 - August 24, 1042) (in Greek language a aaft, meaning the caulker), was the nephew and successor as Byzantine emperor of Michael IV and adoptive son of his wife Zoe of Byzantium.
		On the night of April 18 to April 19, 1042 he also banished his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe as well, becoming the sole Emperor.
		His announcement of the event in the morning led to a popular revolt, he was dethroned after a brief reign of four months, blinded, and relegated to a monastery.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Aarhus1896/michael-v/bibliography.html (157 words)

	Hotel Empress Zoe, Istanbul, Turkey
		The Hotel Empress Zoe is among the most congenial hotels in Istanbul for any traveler, and a particularly great choice for women.
		Owned and operated by American expatriot Ann Nevans, the Hotel Empress Zoe in Sultanahmet has a wonderful assortment of rooms and apartments in several buildings.
		With Ann (or sister Cristina) in attendance, the various houses of the Hotel Empress Zoe have a wonderful international ambience, with guests from Europe, Asia, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/Istanbul/IstanbulHotels/IstSpecialHotels/EmpressZoe.html (374 words)

	Marn's Big Adventure
		Between the pain of Zoe's Chinese empress claws and the annoyance of breaking up cat kerfuffles, I decided it was time to become Marn, Kitty Manicurist.
		Zoe decided to test that no pain theory by trying to bite me because, after all, I hadn't been specific about WHO wouldn't be hurt a bit.
		In order to get at her back paws, we were going to have to tip Zoe.
	marn.diaryland.com /catwins.html (702 words)

	Istanbul: Empress Zoe - Traveler Reviews - Empress Zoe has great extras - TripAdvisor
		Maybe that will be illuminating both to people who are looking for an Empress Zoe kind of experience and those who would rather avoid it.
		I stayed in the penthouse at Empress Zoe for several days in early January, and it ranks as one of my most delightful hotel experiences anywhere.
		The view is breathtaking from all the windows, and from the private courtyard, watching the boats passing through the Bosphorous, the birds circling the old cistern next door.
	tripadvisor.com /ShowUserReviews-g293974-d295507-r3489142-Empress_Zoe... (1431 words)

	Hotel Empress Zoe - Istanbul Small Hotels- Hotels in Istanbul
		She is a mine of useful iformation for a newcomer in the maze of tourists´ Istanbul.
		Zoe Empress Zoe shared the crown of Byzantium 1034 to 1050 with three successive husbands (and the otherwife of the third).
		A famous mosaic in the Hagia Sophia depicts her alongside an emperor with a clumsily replaced face and name.
	www.istanbulsmallhotels.com /hotel.php?HotelID=54 (202 words)

	Istanbul's Empress Zoe: The Splendid Table
		When John Willoughby was in Istanbul on assignment for Gourmet magazine, he discovered the Empress Zoe Hotel, a charming spot at a bargain price.
		Built from the ruin of an old hammam (Turkish bath), its rooms are small but all have tile baths, phones, and air conditioning, not to mention down comforters for the cooler days, and are decorated with local rugs and artifacts.
		And if you do feel a need for a shot of luxe, the Empress Zoe is less than two blocks from the Four Seasons, where rooms go for upwards of $400, and you can hang out in their luxurious lounge and have cocktails.
	splendidtable.publicradio.org /whereweeat/travel_istanbul.html (258 words)

	TURKEY2004
		On the way to the airport, one of the volcanoes that created this unique area.
		Mehter concert, this startlingly powerful musical performance re-creates the traditional military band of the Janissaries.
		Our last day in Turkey, packing up and leaving the hotel Empress Zoë.
	homepage.mac.com /rogde/turkey2004/sea2001.html (599 words)

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