Romanos Diogenes, after his eyes had been cut out, was brought to the monastery which he had founded on the island named Prote. After living there for a short time he died, after reigning for less than four years, leaving Michael VII in undisupted power. His wife Eudokia sought and obtained permission from Michael, her son, to go to Prote, and bury her husband in a very costly ceremony. He left two young sons, Leon and Nikephoros