After her husband Isaakios I's abdication, the empress Aikaterine was tonsured (with her daughter Maria), taking the name Xene. They withdrew to the palace of Myrelaion. She said that this was nothing new to her, having already exchanged one kingdom for another. Konstantinos X failed to change her mind, but as a sign of respect he kept her name together with his in imperial acclamations sent out to the themes