Zoe Karbonopsina

Zoe Karvounopsina ( which Kohlenäugige ') was the fourth wife of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI. and the mother of his son Constantine VII

Zoe was around the year 903, the mistress of Leo VI. 905 brought in purple chamber of the Grand Palace the future Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus to the world. Leo, who she married then died, already 912 After it his brother and co-regent Alexander had died in the year, reached the 908 already designated as the successor to the throne of Constantinople.

In the year 914 Zoe took over by the Patriarch Nikolaos I. Mystikos the governance of their minor son and canceled the contracts with the Bulgarians. 917 they sent ambassadors to the Pechenegs to attack with the help of the Bulgarians. Around the year 920 Zoe was overthrown by Constantine's father Romanos I. Lakapenos and sent to the monastery.