Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (Greek: Ῥωμανός Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, Rōmanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; c. 870 – 15 June 948), Latinized as Romanus I...
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Christopher Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Χριστόφορος Λακαπηνός, romanized: Christóphoros Lakapenōs) was the eldest son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944)...
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Basil Lekapenos (Greek: Βασίλειος Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Basíleios Lekapēnós; c. 925 – c. 985), also called the Parakoimomenos (ὁ παρακοιμώμενος) or the...
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succeed him in 976. Romanos II was a son of the Emperor Constantine VII and Helena Lekapene, the daughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos and his wife Theodora...
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Constantine Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Λακαπηνός, translit. Kōnstantínos Lakapenós) was the third son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos...
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of Romanos II in 950. Romanos' father, Marianos, was the son of another Romanos Argyros, who had married Agatha, a daughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos...
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Christopher Lekapenos (ruled 921–931) – son of Romanos I; co-emperor Stephen Lekapenos (ruled 924–945) – son of Romanos I; co-emperor Constantine Lekapenos (ruled...
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Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his younger brother Constantine, he deposed Romanos I in December 944...
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Helena Lekapene (category Lekapenos family)
political adviser and de facto co-regent. She was a daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and Theodora. The deaths of Emperor Leo VI the Wise in 912 and his...
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Greek woman who became Byzantine empress consort by marriage to Romanos I Lekapenos. Nothing is known of her background except for the fact that she...
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