Emperor Michael IV Paphlagon E / M XI
κυροῦ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Παφλαγόνος (Michael 4)
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- 1029
- Certainty: 1 Ioannes (orphanotrophos) introduced Michael (IV) to Romanos III, who kept him at court Certainty: 1
- 1030
- Certainty: 1 Zoe made advances to Michael (IV); Ioannes (orphanotrophos) encouraged him to respond Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Zoe's affair with Michael (IV) flourished & all but Romanos knew of it Certainty: 1
- 1032
- Certainty: 1 Romanos was warned of danger from Zoe's affair by his sister Poulcheria; but she soon died Certainty: 1
- 1033
- Certainty: 1 Michael (IV) denied (perjurously) that he was Zoe's lover; hence perhaps his epilepsy Certainty: 1
- 1034
- Certainty: 2 Romanos III very ill, perhaps poisoned by Ioannes (orphanotrophos) or Zoe Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 3 Romanos III, after distributing pay to senators, was murdered in the bath at Blachernai Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 3 The patriarch Alexios I was induced by surprise & donations to marry Zoe to Michael Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 2 Zoe ignored her advisers' warnings against Michael (IV) & made him emperor Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 3 Romanos III buried in the Peribleptos Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 2 Michael IV for a time was respectful of Zoe, but he soon changed his ways Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Ioannes the orphanotrophos removed Zoe's eunuchs & maidservants, & shut her in her quarters Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Division of duties among brothers of Michael IV Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Ioannes (orphanotrophos) took control of finance, giving out money & favours Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Kiwrakos sold to Michael IV the letter on the future of the Armenian kingdom Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Michael IV badly stricken with epilepsy Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 2 Konstantinos Dalassenos lured to Constantinople by promises & false (?) oaths Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Konstantinos Dalassenos exiled & his supporters also punished Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Konstantinos Dalassenos moved to new gaol for greater safety Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Michael IV freed Antiochenes from their long imprisonment Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Michael IV tried to atone for his crime against Romanos by good works using public money Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Konstantinos (IX) Monomachos fell under suspicion of aiming at the throne Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Konstantinos Monomachos exiled to Mitylene: Maria Skleraina followed him & supported him Certainty: 1
- 1035
- Certainty: 3 Romuald archbishop of Bari summoned to exile in Constantinople, where he died Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 3 Brutal massacre against pirates from Sicily & Africa attacking Kyklades & Thrakesion Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 2 Iveron properties confiscated in 1029 returned to monastery by Michael IV Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Fortress of Berkri attacked & stormed by Byzantines Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Georgios Maniakes sent to Southern Italy as supreme commander Certainty: 2
- 1036
- Certainty: 2 Death of amir of Egypt: 30-year peace treaty agreed with his Christian widow Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Michael (V) appointed as kaisar Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Zoe (probably) adopted Michael (V) as kaisar, son & heir: ceremony at Blachernai church Certainty: 1
- 1037
- Certainty: 2 Unsuccessful siege of Edessa by Arabs of Mesopotamia Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Good & bad ecclesiastical appointments of Paphlagonians Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Church of Thessalonike freed from avaricious metropolitan by presence of Michael IV Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Michael (V) denied full status as kaisar Certainty: 1
- 1038
- Certainty: 2 Ioannes the orphanotrophos defended his other brothers against Michael IV Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Epilepsy of Michael IV grew much worse Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 0 Poems of Christophoros Mitylenaios celebrating (a) Michael IV & 3 brothers, (b) Michael in procession Certainty: 0
- Certainty: 0 Romanos III's rebuilding of Church of Holy Sepulchre completed by Michael IV Certainty: 0
- 1039
- Certainty: 1 Michael IV devoted himself to good works, without improving his epilepsy Certainty: 1
- Certainty: 1 Michael IV completed expansion & rebuilding of the Kosmidion Certainty: 1
- 1040
- Certainty: 2 Worsening sickness of Michael IV all but ended his sexual relations with Zoe Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Pilgrimage of Michael IV for healing by St Demetrios at Thessalonike Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Annihilation of Byzantine army sent against Voisthlav of Serbia to recover shipwrecked gold Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Stephanos & Basileios Pediadites, by negligent defence of castles, lost all Sicilian cities but Messina Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Michael IV fled quickly from Thessalonike; his men & treasure passed to Bulgarians Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Michael IV rose above sickness & raised a large army Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Failed plot of Ioannes Makrembolites & Michael Keroularios against Michael IV Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Alousianos, provoked by injustice, fled & reached Deljan in Bulgaria Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 1 Michael Psellos wrote poem XVI to Michael IV asking for employment as notarios Certainty: 1
- 1041
- Certainty: 2 Alousianos went over to Michael IV, then on to Constantinople, where he was promoted Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Campaign of Michael IV in Bulgaria; capture of Boianos & Triaditza Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Michael IV captured Deljan & Manuel Ibatzes, crushed resistance & settled Bulgarian administration Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Michael returned unharmed to Constantinople, celebrating triumph over the blinded Deljan Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Death of kings of Armenia Yovhannes Smbat & Ashot IV Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Dokeianos asked for help. Michael IV sent troops & a new katepano from Sicily; Dokeianos returned there Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Michael IV, gravely ill, retired to his monastery of Kosmidion & became a monk Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Zoe heard of Michael's retirement & went on foot to see him, but he shut her out Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 2 Before Michael IV died, his brothers issued imperial orders that Michael (V) be let into the palace Certainty: 2
- Certainty: 3 Death of Michael IV Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 3 Zoe may have decided the empire needed a man's strength, & adopted Michael (V) Certainty: 3
- 1042
- Certainty: 2 Reign of Zoe & Theodora: finding an emperor Certainty: 2
- 1043
- Certainty: 3 Sending of imperial instruction to concentrate troops against Russian invasion Certainty: 3
- Certainty: 2 Psellos wrote Orationes panegyricae 2 for Konstantinos IX, with summary of recent history Certainty: 2
- 1050
- Certainty: 2 Death of Zoe at age of 72, after heavy expenditure during her illness Certainty: 2