1564109 - Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit

Events

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Birth [E37816]	905-11-00	Constantinople, Byzantium Empire	1b 2b 3b
Death [E37817]	959-11-09		1c 2c 3c
_FA1 [E37818]		Emperor 913-959. Succeeded his paternal uncle, Aleksandros, as Emperor.	1 2d 3d
_FA2 [E37819]		Called “Porphyrogenitus”, i.e., “born in the Purple”.	1 2e 3e
_FA3 [E37820]	BET. 920 - 944	Joint ruler with father in law Romanus I Lekapenos.	1 2f 3f
_FA4 [E37821]		Practically excluded from administration of government.	1 2g 3g
_FA5 [E37822]	945	Banished the sons of Romanus I Lekapenos & ruled thereafter alone.	1 2h 3h
_FA6 [E37823]		Known especially as patron of arts & literature.	1 2i 3i
_FA7 [E37824]		Author of a “Life of Basil I” & various political treatises.	1 2j 3j
_FA8 [E37825]		Caused many works to be written that included exerpts from the classics.	1 2k 3k
_FA9 [E37826]		These also included scientific collections & collections of laws.	1 2l 3l
_FA10 [E37827]		Wrote “De Thematibus” & “De Ceremonius aulae Byzantinae”.	1 2m 3m
_FA11 [E37828]		Wrote “De Administrando Imperio”.	1 2n 3n

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Byzantine Emp, Leo VI the Wise [I28812]	866-09-19	912-05-12
Mother	Karbonopsina, Zoë [I30260]	885
	Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit [I28811]	905-11-00	959-11-09

Families

Family of Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit and Byzantine Empress, Eleni Lekapene [F11264]

Married

Wife

Byzantine Empress, Eleni Lekapene [I29130] ( * 906 + 961-09-19 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E58479]	919-04-27				2o

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Byzantine Emp, Romanus II of Byzantium [I28810]	940	962/3-03-15 (Julian)

Pedigree

Byzantine Emp, Leo VI the Wise [I28812]
1. Karbonopsina, Zoë [I30260]
  1. Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit
    1. Byzantine Empress, Eleni Lekapene [I29130]
      1. Byzantine Emp, Romanus II of Byzantium [I28810]

Ancestors

Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit
* 905-11-00
+ 959-11-09

Byzantine Emp, Leo VI the Wise
* 866-09-19
+ 912-05-12

Karbonopsina, Zoë
* 885
+ ...

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Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary [S285854]
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Birth Name	Byzantine Emp, Konstantinos VII Porphyrogenit 1a 2a 3a
Gramps ID	I28811
Gender	male
Age at Death	54 years, 8 days