August 31 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previous, Byzantine Empress Theodora, dies without children to succeed the throne, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. Theodora reigned jointly with her sister Zoe in 1042. Nearly a millennia later, Zoe becomes a popular name again. Zoe Elizabeth Nielsen [clans Armstrong, MacPherson, Stewart, Lockhart, Hunter, […]
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