Zoe TZAUTZINA, Empress of Byzantium
- Married (1):
- Married (2): 893/4
- Died: May 899
- Buried: St. Zoe, Constantinople
 Research Notes:
Theophanes Continuatus records that "Zautzam…Zoes eius filiæ" was Emperor Leon's mistress after "viro illius Theodoro, cognomento Guniazitze" was poisoned. Symeon Magister records that Emperor Leon fell in love with "Zoem Zautzæ filiam" in the third year of his reign, and married her in the seventh year of his reign when "prima…eius uxor Theophano" retired "in sancta Soro Blachernarum". Her father became Emperor Leon VI's principal adviser, holding the new post of basileopator until his death in 896. Symeon Magister records that Emperor Leon crowned "alteram coniugem suam Zoem Zautzæ filiæ" after his first wife died. Theophanes Continuatus records that Emperor Leon crowned "Zoem Zautzæ filiam" and married her after the death of his wife, but that she lived one year and eight months "in imperio".
Symeon Magister records that "Zoem Zautzæ filiæ" was buried in May "exstructo templo titulo Sancta Zoe", dated to 899 from the context. Emperor Konstantinos VII's De Ceremoniis Aulæ records that "Zoe, secunda eiusdem Leonis uxor" was buried in the church of the Holy Apostles. 1
Marriage Information:
Zoe married Theodoros GOUNIATZIZES.
Marriage Information:
Zoe also married Leon VI "The Wise/The Philosopher" MAMIKONIAN, Byzantine Emperor, son of Basileos I MAMIKONIAN, Byzantine Emperor, and Empress Eudoxia INGERINA, in 893/4. (Leon VI MAMIKONIAN was born on 19 Sep 866 in Constantinople and died on 12 May 912 in Constantinople.)
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