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Who chose Constantine IX Monomachos as a husband and co-emperor in 1042?

  • Theodora Porphyrogenita

  • Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita

  • Emperor Michael IV

  • Pope Leo IX

Answer

Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita selected Constantine IX Monomachos as her husband and co-emperor in 1042. This was despite the fact that Constantine had previously been exiled for conspiring against her former husband, Emperor Michael IV.
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