After a sudden illness a few days previously, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empress" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empress">Byzantine Empress</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_Porphyrogenita_(11th_century)" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century)">Theodora</a> dies childless, thus ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_dynasty" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Macedonian dynasty">Macedonian dynasty</a>.