Byzantine Emp, Leo VI the Wise

Birth Name Byzantine Emp, Leo VI the Wise 1 2a
Gramps ID I28812
Gender male
Age at Death 45 years, 7 months, 23 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E37829] 866-09-19    
1a 2b
Death [E37830] 912-05-12    
1b 2c
_FA1 [E37831]   Emperor 886-912, co-emperor 870-886, with his father Basileos I.  
1 2d
_FA2 [E37832] 886 Deposed Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople.  
1 2e
_FA3 [E37833]   During his reign the Bulgarians est. an independent church.  
1 2f
_FA4 [E37834]   Arab pirates captured Thessalonika, 904; Arabs conquered Sicily, 907.  
1 2g
_FA5 [E37835]   A scholar of some ability, wrote verse & “Orations” (a theological treatise).  
1 2h
_FA6 [E37836] about 888 Issued “Basilica”, a completion of the digest of the laws of Justinian.  
1 2i

Families

    Family of Byzantine Emp, Leo VI the Wise and Karbonopsina, Zoë [F11265]
Married Wife Karbonopsina, Zoë [I30260] ( * 885 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58480] 905/6-01-09 (Julian) Constantinople, Turkey  
1c 2j
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit [I28811]905-11-00959-11-09

Pedigree

    1. Byzantine Emp, Leo VI the Wise
      1. Karbonopsina, Zoë [I30260]
        1. Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit [I28811]

Source References

  1. Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary [S285854]
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        mistress & later his 3rd wife in 906, no place

  2. large-G675.FTW [S286834]
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