Zoe and Theodore.

Zoe predeceases her uncle Basil II. She was married but dies in childbirth. Theodora suffers a severe smallpox infection and is so badly disfigured that she can never marry, like her other sister Eudocia. Does this force Basil to make plans for a more orderly succession? Or does his brother succeed and a civil war follows his death?
 
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