Children
According to De Ceremoniis by Constantine VII, Leo VI and Zoe had at least two daughters. However different copies of the text give two different names for the second one:
- Anna. Considered to have died young. Buried with her father and mother at the Church of the Holy Apostles.
- Anna or Eudocia. Eudocia was the name of the only daughter of Leo VI and Theophano while Anna was the name of the first daughter of Leo VI and Zoe. In either case possibly named after an already deceased half-sister or sister.
A letter attributed to Nicholas Mystikos by Christian Settipani mentions negotiations to betroth the second daughter to Louis the Blind. Whether negotiations were ever completed and whether the marriage ever occurred is not known. However Settipani and other genealogists consider Charles Constantine of Vienne to be the result of this marriage.
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