Zoë Porphyrogenita
... that the same day her husband was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita married her young lover and had him crowned emperor the next day?
... that the same day <a href="./Romanos_III_Argyros" id="mwAUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Romanos III Argyros">her husband</a> was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine Empress <b id="mwAUg"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Zoë_Porphyrogenita" id="mwAUk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zoë Porphyrogenita">Zoë Porphyrogenita</a></b> <i id="mwAUo">(pictured)</i> married <a href="./Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian" id="mwAUs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michael IV the Paphlagonian">her young lover</a> and had him crowned emperor the next day?