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In 1078 OTL Emperor Michael VII was forced to abdicate and was tonsured as a monk... General Nicephorus Botaneiates proclaimed new Emperor as Nicephorus III and sought to solidify his position as Emperor by marrying former Empress Maria of Alania.
However after marriage Maria told Nicephorus that he should elevate her son (and Michael's VII) Constantine as co-Emperor.
Nicephorus III refused to do so as he intended to name one of his kinsmen as his heir, prompting Maria to conspire with General Alexius Comnenus to overthrow him.

WI Nicephorus III had accepted Maria's proposal and after his death Maria's son became Emperor Constantine XI?
What is the impact of Alexius I and the Comneni elimination in History?
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