Emperor Michael IV, 1034 – 1041
04/12/1034 AD crowned
The day after Romanos III died and Zoë and Michael were married, the couple summoned the Patriarch Alexios I to officiate at the coronation of the new emperor.
Alexios refused to co-operate until the payment of 50 pounds of gold helped change his mind.
He crowned Michael as the new Emperor of the Romans as Michael IV.
Subjects Who or What crowned?
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Byzantine Empire Traditionally begins wit...
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Michael IV the Paphlagonian Byzantine emperor ...
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