A cikin watan Agusta 1042, Constantine ya sauƙaƙe Janar George Maniakes daga umurninsa a Italiya, kuma Maniakes ya yi tawaye, ya bayyana kansa sarki a watan Satumba. Constantine ya fara tura sojojinsa zuwa cikin Balkans kuma yana gab da kayar da sojojin Constantine a yaƙi, lokacin da aka ji masa rauni kuma ya mutu a fagen fama, yana kawo ƙarshen rikicin a 1043. Nan da nan bayan nasarar, Constantine ya kai hari daga rundunar jiragen ruwa daga Kievan Rus'; "ba a iya musantawa cewa wani rukuni na Rus ya shiga cikin tawayen Maniakes". Su ma sun ci nasara, tare da taimakon wutar Girka. Constantine ya auri danginsa Anastasia na gaba na Yaroslav I na Kiev, ɗan abokin hamayyarsa Yaroslav I mai hikima. Sunan Constantine na dangi ("wanda ya yi yaƙi da Monos") ya gaji Constantin V da kuma Anastasia na biyu na Constantine, Vladimir II ya shiga cikin mulkin Theodora a cikin Balkans a farkon 1046, lokacin da ya nuna cewa sun fi son shiga cikin rikici tare da sojojin Orthodox.
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