General Notes

NPFX Admiral
REFR
DATE 0940
PLAC 0920
coemperor (920)
RETO
DATE 0948
PLAC 0944
OCCU Byzantine Emperor
EDUC Some show him the son of Constantine VII
RELG @N3283@Romanus I LECAPENUS (b. c. 872--d. 948),  Byzantine emperor who shared the imperialthrone with his son-in-law Constantine VII and exercised allreal power from 920 to 944. Romanus was
admiral of the Byzantinefleet on the Danube when, hearing of the defeat of the army atAchelous (917), he resolved to sail for Constantinople. Soonafter the marriage of his daughter Helena to
Constantine he wascrowned colleague of his son-in-law. His reign was terminated byhis own sons, Stephen and Constantine, who in 944 compelled himto become a monk.Related Propaedia TopicsThe eclipse
of the Roman Empire in the West and the developmentand Christianization of Germanic successor states (AD 395-c.750)Copyright (c) 1996 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. All RightsReservedLecapenus,
Romanus I, Byzantine EmperorBorn: 940, Constantinople, TurkeyAcceded: 920Died: 15 MAR 948Notes:deposed 944. Clearly the birth date is wrong, but reflectsconfusion betweensources.Some show him the
son of Constantine VII, but others areconvinced he is not.Child 1: , Christopher of Byzantium, Byzantine EmperorChild 2: Porphyrogenita, Anna, b. 13 MAR 963Child 3: Lecapenus, Helen, Byzantine
Empress, b. ABT 920
DATE 24 MAY 1999