Huh, I did not know that about the Eastern church! And I loved your Basil and Leo writeup :D
Now, my least favourite kid Leo was born during those years, and may not have been my kid at all but Michael's, something no one was ever clear on, due to my wife having sex with us both.
Wow!
Zoe Zaoutzaina: My true love. (The first one.)
Heeee!
That's when she gave birth to a living son at the end of the year, whom I, clearly stating my intentions, named Constantine.
Heh. I mean, presumably it could be the other way around, right? That maybe he thought God was punishing him too, but clearly when he actually did get a living son, he would have been like, "....or maybe not!"
She organized an overthrow of the Patriarch as Regent within a year, in 914, and made him publically recognize her as Empress and sole Regent in exchange for letting him stay Patriarch, and, you know, alive. That's when he caved, recognized her and, oh yeah, our marriage.
Re: Royal Remarriages: Byzantine Edition
Now, my least favourite kid Leo was born during those years, and may not have been my kid at all but Michael's, something no one was ever clear on, due to my wife having sex with us both.
Wow!
Zoe Zaoutzaina: My true love. (The first one.)
Heeee!
That's when she gave birth to a living son at the end of the year, whom I, clearly stating my intentions, named Constantine.
Heh. I mean, presumably it could be the other way around, right? That maybe he thought God was punishing him too, but clearly when he actually did get a living son, he would have been like, "....or maybe not!"
She organized an overthrow of the Patriarch as Regent within a year, in 914, and made him publically recognize her as Empress and sole Regent in exchange for letting him stay Patriarch, and, you know, alive. That's when he caved, recognized her and, oh yeah, our marriage.
Okay, that's amazing. Go Zoe!