Kunyange Constantine akatanga kutamisa mauto ake muBalkans uye akanga ava kuda kukunda mauto aConstantine muhondo, paakakuvadzwa uye akafa pamunda, achigumisa dambudziko muna 1043. Pakarepo mushure mekukunda, Constantine akarwiswa nechikepe kubva kuKievan Rus'; "zvisingarambiki kuti chikwata cheRus' chakabatanidzwa mukupandukira kwaManiakes". Ivo vakakundwawo, nerubatsiro rwemoto wechiGiriki. Constantine akaroora hama yake Anastasia I weKiev, mwanakomana wemuvengi wake Yaroslav I Wise. Zita remhuri yaConstantine ("iye anorwa ari ega") rakapambwa naConstantine V uye mwanakomana waConstantine Monakhera II, Vladimir II.
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