Michael IV
... that before becoming Emperor of Byzantium, the young Michael IV was the previous emperor's body servant and his wife's lover?
... that before becoming Emperor of Byzantium, the young <b id="mwAq0"><a href="./Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian" id="mwAq4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michael IV the Paphlagonian">Michael IV</a></b> was the <a href="./Romanos_III_Argyros" id="mwAq8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Romanos III Argyros">previous emperor</a>'s body servant and his <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Zoë_Porphyrogenita" id="mwArA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zoë Porphyrogenita">wife</a>'s lover?