Zoe Karbonopsina | |
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Byzantine empress | |
Tenure | 9 January 906 – 11 May 912 |
Died | Sometime after 919 |
Burial | |
Spouse | Leo VI the Wise |
Issue | Anna Constantine VII |
Dynasty | Macedonian |
Religion | Chalcedonian Christianity |
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 regent from 913 until 919.[1][2]