I te marama o Akuhata 1042, ka whakakorehia e Constantine a General George Maniakes mai i tana whakahau i Itari, a ka whakakeke a Constantine Maniakes, ka kii ia ko ia te emepara i te marama o Hepetema. I whakawhitihia e ia ana hoia ki te Balkan, a, i te mea ki te patu i te ope a Constantine i te pakanga, i te mea i whara ia, ka mate i runga i te mara, ka mutu te raru i te 1043. I muri tonu i te wikitoria, i whakaekehia a Constantine e tetahi kaipuke mai i Kievan Rus'; he "kaore e taea te tautohetohe i uru tetahi roopu o Rus ki te tutu a Maniakes". I hinga hoki ratou, ma te awhina o te ahi Kariki. I marena a Constantine i tana whanaunga a Anastasia I o Kiev, tama a tana hoa riri a Yaroslav I te Wise. Ko te ingoa o te whanau a Constantine ("ko wai e whawhai ana i a ia anake") i whakaekehia e Constantine V me te tama a Constantin Constantin Monakhera II, a Vladimir II. I haere mai a Theodora i nga hoia ki te Balkan i te 1046, i
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