Konstantinos IX was deeply moved by Zoe's death

Summary:
The death of Zoe inspired deep emotions in Konstantinos IX, connected with her tomb and with memories of her imprisonment on Prinkipo. Not only did he mourn her, pour libations of tears on her tomb and propitiate heaven on her behalf, but he wished to accord her God-like honours. He mourned her more like a boy than a man. Psellos was impressed by Konstantinos' profound grief at the time of her death 
Dates:
1050 
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • He showed admirable respect for the patriarch Michael 11, while arousing emotional sympathy through his grief for Zoe 1, remembering her imprisonment on Prinkipo; he retained a living image of Zoe in her sister Theodora 1 (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae I, 169-210
  • When in the depth of old age (for her existence had stretched out more than seventy years) the empress Zoe 1 lost her life, he did not mourn her like a man, but indeed like a boy (:) Zonaras 17.28.1
  • When Zoe 1 died at a great age, grief for her persisted deep in his heart: not only did he mourn her, pour libations of tears on her tomb and propitiate heaven on her behalf, but he wished to accord her God-like honour (:) ἐβούλετο ἰσοθέου αὐτὴν ἀξιῶσαι τιμῆς Psellos: Chronographia VI 183.1-6
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He was impressed by the respect Konstantinos 9 showed for the patriarch Michael 11, and by his deep emotion at the time of the death of Zoe 1 (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae I, 169-210
Empress Theodora (Theodora 1)
  • After the death of her sister Zoe 1, she was a a living memory of her, especially for the grieving Konstantinos 9 (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae I, 204-210
Empress Zoe (Zoe 1)
  • When she died at a great age, grief for her persisted deep in Konstantinos 9's heart: not only did he mourn her, pour libations of tears on her tomb and propitiate heaven on her behalf, but he wished to accord her God-like honour τῆς γοῦν βασιλίδος Ζωῆς ἀπεληλυθυίας τῶν τῇδε ἐν γήραϊ μακρῷ Psellos: Chronographia VI 183.1-6
  • Her death inspired deep emotions in Konstantinos 9, connected with her tomb and with memories of her imprisonment on Prinkipo; but her sister Theodora 1 acted for him as a living memory of her (:) Psellos Orationes panegyricae I, 175-210