Accomodation arrangements for the emperor, two empresses & sebaste in the palace

Summary:
In the allocation of apartments in the palace, Konstantinos IX had the central one and Maria, Zoe and Theodora resided round about: but Maria had the inner sanctum. This cohabitation proved harmonious. Zoe never went to the emperor without ascertaining whether he was alone, or being visited by Maria 
Dates:
1044 (Uncertain) 
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • The Augousta (Zoe 1) never went to the emperor (Konstantinos 9) unless she had ascertained that he had been left alone by his beloved (Maria 64 Skleraina) (:) Zonaras 17.21.27
  • Zoe 1 was neither angry nor hostile at this [Maria 64 Skleraina's dignity of Sebaste], but the empress Zoe 1 and the Sebaste Maria 64 Skleraina lived side by side, on either side of the emperor Konstantinos 9 who encamped in the middle (:) Zonaras 17.21.26
  • Zoe 1 did not visit him unless she had ascertained first that he was by himself and far from Maria 64; if not, Zoe occupied herself with her own affairs (:) .. οὐκ ἄλλως προσεφοίτα τῷ αὐτοκράτορι, εἰ μὴ μεμαθήκοι πρότερον ὡς ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ σκηνοῖτο Psellos: Chronographia VI 63.9-12
  • In allocating apartments, he had the central one and Maria 64, Zoe 1 and Theodora 1 resided round about, but Maria had the inner sanctum (:) διανειμάμενοι δὲ τὰς οἰκήσεις, ὁ μὲν βασιλεὺς τὸ μέσον ἔλαχε τῶν τριῶν Psellos: Chronographia VI 63.7-9
Maria Skleraina, mistress of Konstantinos IX (Maria 64)
  • The Auguosta (Zoe 1) never went to the emperor (Konstantinos 9) unless she had ascertained that he had been left alone by his beloved (Maria 64 Skleraina) (:) Zonaras 17.21.26
  • In allocating apartments, Konstantinos 9 had the central one and she, Zoe 1 and Theodora 1 resided round about, but she had the inner sanctum: in association with Theodora 1, Zoe 1 (:) αἱ δὲ πέριξ ἐσκήνουν, τὸ δὲ ἄδυτον εἶχεν ἡ σεβαστή Psellos: Chronographia VI 63.7-9
  • Zoe 1 did not visit Konstantinos 9 unless she had ascertained first that he was by himself and far from her; if not Zoe 1 occupied herself with her own affairs (:) ... εἰ μὴ μεμαθήκοι πρότερον ὡς ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ σκηνοῖτο, καὶ πόρρω που καθῆστο τῆς ἐρωμένης Psellos: Chronographia VI 63.9-12
Empress Theodora (Theodora 1)
  • In allocating apartments, Konstantinos 9 had the central one and Maria 64, Zoe 1 and Theodora resided round about; but Maria had the inner sanctum (:) αἱ δὲ πέριξ ἐσκήνουν, τὸ δὲ ἄδυτον εἶχεν ἡ σεβαστή Psellos: Chronographia VI 63.7-9
Empress Zoe (Zoe 1)
  • The Augousta (Zoe 1) never went to the emperor (Konstantinos 9) unless she had ascertained that he had been left alone by his beloved (Maria 64 Skleraina) (:) Zonaras 17.21.27
  • Was neither angry nor hostile at this [Maria 64 Skleraina's dignity of Sebaste], but the empress Zoe 1 and the Sebaste Maria 64 Skleraina lived side by side, on either side of the emperor Konstantinos 9 who encamped in the middle (:) Zonaras 17.21.26
  • In allocating apartments, Konstantinos 9 had the central one and Maria 64, Theodora 1 and she resided round about, but Maria 64 had the inner sanctum (:) αἱ δὲ πέριξ ἐσκήνουν, τὸ δὲ ἄδυτον εἶχεν ἡ σεβαστή Psellos: Chronographia VI 63.7-9
  • She did not visit Konstantinos 9 unless she had ascertained first that he was by himself and far from Maria 64; if not she occupied herself with her own affairs (:) ... οὐκ ἄλλως προσεφοίτα τῷ αὐτοκράτορι, εἰ μὴ μεμαθήκοι πρότερον ὡς ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ σκηνοῖτο Psellos: Chronographia VI 63.9-12