N'August 1042, eze ukwu Constantine wepụrụ General George Maniakes n'ọchịchị ya na Italy, na Maniakes nupụrụ isi, kwupụta onwe ya eze ukwu na Septemba. Ọbụna Constantine malitere ịkwaga ndị agha ya na Balkans ma na-achọ imeri ndị agha Constantine n'agha, mgbe ọ merụrụ ahụ ma nwụọ n'ọgbọ agha, na-akwụsị nsogbu ahụ na 1043. Ozugbo mmeri ahụ gasịrị, Constantine wakporo otu ụgbọ mmiri sitere na Kievan Rus'; ọ bụ "ihe a na-apụghị ịgbagha agbagha na ndị agha nke Rus' sonyere na nnupụisi Maniakes". Ha meriri, site n'enyemaka nke ọkụ ndị Gris. Constantine lụrụ onye ikwu ya bụ Anastasia nke Kiev, nwa nwoke nke onye na-emegide ya bụ Yaroslav I. Aha ezinụlọ Constantine ("onye na-alụ ọgụ Monos") bụ nke Constantine V na nwa nwoke nke Constantin Constantin Monakh, bụ́ Vladimir II.
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