Romanos Diogenes was convicted of attempting to usurp the throne of the sons of Constantine X Doukas in 1067, but he was pardoned by the regent Eudokia Makrembolitissa, who chose him to be her husband and the guardian of her sons as emperor.
Romanos Diogenes was convicted of attempting to usurp the throne of the sons of Constantine X Doukas in 1067. He was pardoned by the regent Eudokia Makrembolitissa. The regent Eudokia Makrembolitissa chose him to be her husband as emperor. The regent Eudokia Makrembolitissa chose him to be the guardian of her sons as emperor.