_Constantine VII MACEDON _+
                                                    | (0905 - 0959)            
                             _Romanos II MACEDON ___|
                            | (0938 - 0962)         |
                            |                       |_Helena of LEKAPENOS _____+
                            |                         (0910 - 0961)            
 _Constantine VIII MACEDON _|
| (0960 - 1028)             |
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|                           |_Theophano of UNKNOWN _|
|                             (0941 - 0978)         |
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|--Theodora of MACEDON 
|  (0980 - 1056)
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|                            _Alypius of UNKNOWN ___|
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|_Helena of UNKNOWN ________|
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