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Zoe Zoe (in Greek: Ζωή, Zōē, meaning "Life"), (c. 978–June 1050) was Empress of the Byzantine Empire with co-rulers November 15, 1028–1050, and senior reigning Empress from April 19 to June 11, 1042. Zoe was one of the few Byzantine empresses "born into the purple" (that is, as the child of a reigning emperor). She was the daughter of Constantine VIII, who had become co-emperor in 962, and sole emperor in 1025. He reigned for only three years between December 15, 1025 and November 15, 1028. Her mother's name was Helena. Worried by the prospect of associating another man with the imperial house, Constantine VIII prevented his daughters from marrying until the very end of his life. Before dying, Constantine had married Zoe to his chosen heir Romanos III Argyros, the prefect (eparch) of Constantinople, on November 12, 1028. By this time, Zoe had turned 50 and had failed to produce any heir. Romanos III succeeded to the throne together with Zoe three days after they married, but this failure helped alienate the spouses. Paying little attention to his wife and curtailing her expenditures, Romanos incurred her animosity, while Zoe herself became enamoured of her courtier Michael. On April 11, 1034, Romanos III was found dead in his bath, and rumor speculated that Zoe and Michael may have had him strangled or drowned. Zoe married Michael later the same day, and he reigned as Michael IV, until his death in 1041. Although Michael proved to be a more uxurious husband than Romanos, Zoe remained excluded from politics by the monopoly on government enjoyed by Michael's brother John the Eunuch. The disgruntled empress even conspired, in vain, against John in 1037 or 1038. Shortly before the death of Michael IV in December 1041, the spouses adopted as their son Michael V, the son of Michael IV's sister. After several months of rule, the new emperor exiled his adoptive mother to a convent. The population of Constantinople, loyal to Zoe, quickly forced him to recall the empress and her younger sister Theodora in April 1042. The sisters deposed Michael V, blinded him, and exiled him to a monastery, where he died later the same year. For two months, Zoe shared power with Theodora, until she could find yet another husband, her third and the last she was permitted according to the rules of the Orthodox Church. Her choice was Constantine IX Monomachos (reigned 1042–1055), who outlived her by four years. Zoe died in 1050. Zoe was fifty when she first married. Despite her advanced age, she married two more times, to supply Byzantium with emperors. Ironically, the most capable of her husbands was the one who was least well prepared to be emperor (Michael IV). It is said she was stunningly beautiful and one writer even commented that, like a well baked chicken, "every part of her was firm and in good condition." She realised her charms and meant to keep and use them for as long as possible. With typical Byzantine ingenuity, she had many rooms in her chambers converted into laboratories for the preparation of arcane ointments, and she was able to keep her face free of wrinkles until she was sixty.
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In San Jose, five students spent Wednesday—their third day without food—amid banners and dozens of supporters in front of U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren's office to ask their representative to bring back the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. The DREAM Act, as it is known, had been folded into the immigration reform proposal shot down. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today issued the following statement in response to the State Department’s update of the July Visa Bulletin and the subsequent rejection of applications for adjustment of status by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The summer sale on girls designer clothing has begun at LaBella Flora Childrens Boutique. For a limited time designers such as Greggy Girl, Little Mass, Biscotti Dresses, Flowers by Zoe and more have selected items at reduces prices while supplies last. Show now for best selection. Enjoy summer savings!
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