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Wives

 * Maria (d. aft. 865), the first wife of Emperor Basil I, repudiated in 865, before her husband ascent to the throne.
 * Maria Skleraina, the daughter of Photeinos Skleros and sister of Bardas Skleros; the first wife of Emperor John I, died before husband ascent to the throne.
 * Helena, the first wife of Emperor Romanos III, repudiated before 1028, before her husband's marriage to the Empress Zoe and his ascent to the throne.
 * Helena Skleraina (d. bef. 1034), the daughter of Basil Skleros; the second wife of Emperor Constantine IX, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Zoe and his ascent to the throne.
 * Anna of Bulgaria (1030-bef. 1065), the daughter of tsar Alusian of Bulgaria; the first wife of Emperor Romanos IV, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and his ascent to the throne.
 * Anna of Bulgaria (1030-bef. 1065), the daughter of tsar Alusian of Bulgaria; the first wife of Emperor Romanos IV, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and his ascent to the throne.


 * The identity of Emperor Isaac II's first wife is unknown, but her name, Herina (i.e., Eirene), is found on the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where their daughter Irene is interred. (It must be noted, however, that it would have been extremely unusual for a mother and daughter to bear the same name, unless the mother's name was monastic.) Isaac's wife may have been a member of the Palaiologos family. A possible foreign origin is also given to her due to having the same name as her daughter. Their third child was born in 1182 or 1183 and she was dead or divorced by 1185, when Isaac remarried. She was mother of Emperor Alexios III.

Mistresses

 * Eudokia Ingerina (840–882), the daughter of Inger, a Varangian guard, and the mistress of Emperor Michael III, seperated in 855 under the pressure of the Empress-Mother Theodora, and she was later mistress and then wife of his successor Emperor Basil I.
 * Thekla (831-867), the daughter of Emperor Theophilos, the mistress of Emperor Basil I.
 * Zoe Zaoutzaina (d. 899), daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, she was probably the mistress of Emperor Leo VI from 889 to 893 and probably until 897. There is a contradiction on Zoe Zaoutzaina's particular status from 893 to 897. According to Symeon Metaphrastes, the marriage of Leo VI to Theophano was officially void. Allowing Leo and Zoe to marry within the year. According to Theophanes Continuatus, the original marriage was still valid and Zoe remained the royal mistress. Theophano died in her monastery on 10 November 897. Acconrdig to Theophanes, Leo and Zoe proceeded to marry at this point. Both Symeon and Theophanes agree that Zoe was only crowned Augusta following the death of her predecessor
 * Zoe Karbonopsina (d. 899), daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, she was the mistress of Emperor Leo VI from 902 to 906. She only married Leo, in 906, after the birth of their son, Constantine VII. This was a fourth marriage and considered uncanonical.
 * Empress Theophano (941-976), Kraterus, the inkeeper; mistress of soon-to-be Emperor John I. She had hope to become his Empress (her 3rd term) but was banished by John under the influence of Patriarch Polyeuctus for being a part of the assassination of her second husband which John I had been the main culprit.
 * Emperor Romanos III was known to have a mistress. Her existence is confirmed by Psellos, who records that Emperor Romanos came to despise the Empress Zoe lived openly with his mistress.
 * Maria Skleraina (d. 1044), a member of the Skleroi family, the first mistress of Emperor Constantine IX and first cousin or niece of his second wife. After Emperor Constantine's third marriage and accession to the Imperial throne, she was granted the title Augusta and stayed in the Palace as a junior consort.
 * Guarandukht of Georgia, the daughter of George I of Georgia, becoming the second mistress of Emperor Constantine IX after 1044. She was granted the title Augusta. She may have been the spoil of war or a political demand on the weaker Georgian kings.
 * Theodora Vatatzina, mistress of Emperor Manuel I, mother of sebastokrator Alexios Komnenos (born in the early 1160s).
 * Maria Taronitissa, wife of protovestiarios John Komnenos, whose legitimate children included Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, mistress of Emperor Manuel I, mother (with Manuel) of pinkernes Alexios Komnenos, who was a figurehead of the Norman invasion and the siege of Thessalonica in 1185.
 * Eudokia Komnene, the daughter of sébastokrator Andronikos Komnenos, became the first mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1150/52 after becoming a widow. She remarried in 1153 to Michael Gabras.
 * Philippa of Antioch (1148-1178), the sister of Maria of Antioch, became the third mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1166/67. She married after 1166 to Humphrey II of Toron.
 * Theodora Komnene (1145-?), the daughter of sébastokrator Isaac Komnenos, became the third mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1167/85 after becoming a widow of Baldwin III of Jerusalem. She and Andronikos fled to Damascus and sought refuge with Nur al-Din.
 * The identity of Emperor Isaac II's first wife is unknown, but her name, Herina (i.e., Eirene), is found on the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where their daughter Irene is interred. (It must be noted, however, that it would have been extremely unusual for a mother and daughter to bear the same name, unless the mother's name was monastic.) Isaac's wife may have been a member of the Tornikes family or the Palaiologos family. A possible foreign origin is also given to her due to having the same name as her daughter. Their third child was born in 1182 or 1183 and she was dead or divorced by 1185, when Isaac remarried. She was mother of Emperor Alexios III.


 * Eudokia Angelina (?-1211), the daughter of Alexios III, became the mistress of Emperor Alexios V. She and Alexios married in 1204 after the Fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders.