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Zoe Karbonopsina (griego:Ζωή Καρβωνοψίνα, Zoe Karbōnopsína) fue una emperatriz bizantina de la dinastía macedónica, cuarta esposa de León VI. Sobrevivió después su marido. Su cara aparece en algunas monedas emitidas por su hijo Constantino VII Porfirogénito.
Zoe Karbonopsina, also Karvounopsina or Carbonopsina, lit. 'with the Coal-Black Eyes' ( Greek: Ζωὴ Καρβωνοψίνα, romanized : Zōē Karbōnopsina ), was an empress and regent of the Byzantine Empire. She was the fourth spouse of the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise and the mother of Constantine VII, serving as his ...
Zoe Karbonopsina fue una emperatriz bizantina de la dinastía macedónica, cuarta esposa de León VI. Sobrevivió después su marido. Su cara aparece en algunas monedas emitidas por su hijo Constantino VII Porfirogénito.
Zoe Karbonopsina. Zoe Karbonopsina, also Karvounopsina or Carbonopsina, i.e., "with the Coal-Black Eyes", was fourth wife of the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise and the mother of Constantine VII. Zoe Karbonopsina …
El patriarca de Constantinopla, NICOLÁS el Místico, cae en desgracia con el emperador LEÓN VI tras negarse a celebrar su matrimonio con ZOE Karbonopsina. ZOE tiene un hijo varón de LEÓN VI, el futuro CONSTANTINO VII Porfirogéneta (2 de septiembre de 905).
Born around 890, Zoë Carbopsina was a member of an established Byzantine aristocratic family among whose numbers was her contemporary Himerius, an influential admiral. An eyecatching beauty, Zoë attracted the attention of Leo VI, whose mistress she became (probably) after the death of his third wife, Eudocia Baiane .
Zoe Karbonopsina was first the concubine and later the fourth wife of Leo VI. The emperor’s quest for an heir led to the Tetragamy controversy, provoking a crisis in the patriarchal office that cascaded into the ecclesiastical hierarchy, which was placated only in 920 with the Tomos of Union.
