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She was a daughter of Constantine VII and Helena Lekapene. The work Theophanes Continuatus was a continuation of the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor by other writers, active during the reign of her father.
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Teodora Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII
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Her maternal grandparents were Romanos I and Theodora. The chronicle ends in 961 and records her fate following the death of Constantine VII on 9 November 959. While the sisters were following their monastic lives, changes were occurring in the imperial throne.
Romanos II died on 15 March 963.
Theophano served as their Regent until marrying victorious general Nikephoros World War II Nikephoros rose to the throne as senior Emperor. However Theophano and her lover John I Tzimiskes organized his assassination on the night of 10 December 969 – 11 December 969.
John became senior Emperor in place of his victim. Theophano was exiled to the island of Pringipos.
The loyalties of the rest of the Byzantine Empire were not as secure.
According to Leo the Deacon the marriage occurred in November, 971. "The Cambridge Medieval History. Volume IV, The Byzantine Empire" (1966) by Joan M. Hussey, attributes to this marriage the birth of a daughter:
Theophano Kourkouas.
John I died on 10 January 976.
Whether Theodora was still alive is not mentioned in Medieval sources.
