Constantine Dalassenos
... that the Byzantine general Constantine Dalassenos came twice close to ascending the throne and marrying the porphyrogenita Zoe, but was rejected in favour of less independent-minded candidates?
... that the <a href="./Byzantine_Empire" id="mwDUI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> general <b id="mwDUM"><a href="./Constantine_Dalassenos_(duke_of_Antioch)" id="mwDUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constantine Dalassenos (duke of Antioch)">Constantine Dalassenos</a></b> came twice close to ascending the throne and marrying the <i id="mwDUU"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Porphyrogenitos" id="mwDUY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Porphyrogenitos">porphyrogenita</a></i> <a href="./Zoe_Porphyrogenita" id="mwDUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zoe Porphyrogenita">Zoe</a>, but was rejected in favour of less independent-minded candidates?