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Byzantine-Armenian noble family
Christopher Lekapenos (ruled 921–931) – son of Romanos I; co-emperor Romanos (died before 927), son and brief co-emperor of Christopher Stephen Lekapenos (ruled
Lekapenos
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity
Byzantine_Empire
Byzantine emperor from 920 to 944
Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (Greek: Ῥωμανός Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Rōmanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; c. 870 – 15 June 948), Latinized as
Romanos_I_Lekapenos
Byzantine emperor from 921 to 931
Christopher Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Χριστόφορος Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Christóphoros Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; died August 931) was the
Christopher_Lekapenos
Illegitimate child of Romanos I
Basil Lekapenos (Greek: Βασίλειος Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Basíleios Lekapēnós; c. 925 – c. 985), also called the Parakoimomenos (ὁ παρακοιμώμενος) or the
Basil_Lekapenos
Byzantine emperor from 913 to 959
the third level of succession, behind Christopher Lekapenos, the eldest son of Romanos I Lekapenos. Nevertheless, he was a very intelligent young man
Constantine_VII
Byzantine eunuch servant
rivalry with Romanos I Lekapenos over control of the throne, but he was later appointed to the post of primikerios by Lekapenos. Constantine was the son
Constantine_Barbaros
Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025
parakoimomenos was Basil Lekapenos, an illegitimate, eunuch son of Emperor Romanos I – Basil's great-grandfather. Lekapenos himself had been parakoimomenos
Basil_II
Byzantine emperor from 924 to 945
Constantine Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Ancient Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Kōnstantīnos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos) was the third son
Constantine_Lekapenos
Sophia, was the wife of Byzantine Emperor Christopher Lekapenos, and Augusta of the Byzantine Empire from 921 to 931. Sophia was the daughter of the wealthy
Sophia (wife of Christopher Lekapenos)
Sophia_(wife_of_Christopher_Lekapenos)
Day of the year
and beheaded. 921 – Christopher Lekapenos is crowned Byzantine co-emperor by his father, emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, on the feast of Whitsun. 942 – A
May_20
Byzantine emperor from 959 to 963
Constantine VII and Helena Lekapene, the daughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos and his wife Theodora. The Theophanes Continuatus states that he was 21
Romanos_II
Byzantine emperor from 962 to 1028
dynasty" genealogical table, p. 1263. Garland (1999), pp. 126, 128 ODB, "Lekapenos" (A. Kazhdan), pp. 1203–1204. Psellus, Michael (1979). Chronographia.
Constantine_VIII
Byzantine empress from 919 to 959
Romanos crowned two more of his sons as co-emperors, Stephen Lekapenos and Constantine Lekapenos. By 933, Stephen was married to Anna, daughter of Gabalos
Helena_Lekapene
Rulers of the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056
VI and Zoe Karbonopsina; married Helena, daughter of Romanos Lekapenos Romanos I Lekapenos (Ῥωμανός A') (c. 870–948, ruled 920–944) – staged a successful
Macedonian_dynasty
Byzantine emperor from 924 to 945
Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Ancient Greek: Στέφανος Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Stéphanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; died 18 April 963) was the
Stephen_Lekapenos
Ἀργυρός) was a Byzantine aristocrat and son-in-law of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos. He was a son of the distinguished general Leo Argyros, and had at least
Romanos Argyros (10th century)
Romanos_Argyros_(10th_century)
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 933 to 956
Theophylact Lekapenos (Greek: Θεοφύλακτος Λεκαπηνός; 917 – 27 February 956) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 2 February 933 to his death
Theophylact_of_Constantinople
Criminal punishment used against rivals
11th centuries. An example is that of Basil Lekapenos, the illegitimate son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, who was castrated when young. He gained enough
Political mutilation in Byzantine culture
Political_mutilation_in_Byzantine_culture
Early 10th century Byzantine general
outmaneuvered by the admiral Romanos Lekapenos, who managed to become guardian and later father-in-law of the Emperor. After Lekapenos seized control of the Byzantine
Leo_Phokas_the_Elder
Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976
state that the Imperial chamberlain Basil Lekapenos poisoned the emperor to prevent him from stripping Lekapenos of his ill-gotten lands and riches. Tzimiskes
John_I_Tzimiskes
Topics referred to by the same term
5th-century–aft. 555), early medieval Greek poet and saint Romanos I Lekapenos (870–948), Byzantine Emperor from 920 to 944 Romanos II (938–963), Byzantine
Romanos
Period of Byzantine history from 867 to 1057
continued to improve under Basil's successors, especially with Romanos I Lekapenos (920–944). The theme system reached its definitive form in this period
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty
Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Macedonian_dynasty
First Emperor of the Bulgars from 893 to 927
Bulgaria accompanied by the Byzantine navy under the command of Romanos Lekapenos, which sailed to the Bulgarian Black Sea ports. En route to Mesembria
Simeon_I_of_Bulgaria
10th-century Byzantine general
to power, opening the road to the appointment of Lekapenos as regent in place of Zoe in 919. Lekapenos gradually assumed more powers until he was crowned
John_Kourkouas
Roman emperor from 306 to 337
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Constantine_the_Great
Roman emperor from AD 37 to 41
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Caligula
Tsar of Bulgaria from 969 to 977
Maria (renamed Eirene) Lekapena, a granddaughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos of Byzantium. Boris had been born by 931, when he had visited Constantinople
Boris_II_of_Bulgaria
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (901–907; 912–925)
Euthymius I followed, which did not end until the new Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos promulgated the Tomos of Union in 920. In the meantime, Alexander had
Nicholas_Mystikos
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Augustus
Byzantine empress from 920 to 922
Lekapenos may have been associated as co-emperor by his grandfather. Stephen Lekapenos, co-emperor from 924 to 945, died 963. Constantine Lekapenos,
Theodora_(wife_of_Romanos_I)
Western Roman emperor from 475 to 476
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Romulus_Augustulus
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
List_of_Roman_emperors
Roman emperor from AD 54 to 68
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Nero
Name list
Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general Christopher Lekapenos (died 931), Byzantine co-emperor Christopher of Antioch (died 967), Greek
Christopher
Stoic philosopher, Roman emperor from 161 to 180
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Marcus_Aurelius
Roman emperor from 217 to 218
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Macrinus
Byzantine admiral
powerful parakoimomenos had other enemies: his predecessor and rival, Basil Lekapenos, and the successful and widely popular general Nikephoros Phokas, who
Joseph_Bringas
Byzantine noble family
his wife and son, Nikolaos Tornikios, were invited by emperor Romanos I Lekapenos to settle in Constantinople, where they assumed their place among the
Tornikios_family
in 922. Rising to the ranks of patrikios and magistros under Romanos I Lekapenos. Leo is the great-grandfather Emperor Romanos III Argyros. He was the
Leo_Argyros_(10th_century)
War between the Byzantine Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire
when Admiral Romanos Lekapenos forced Zoe Karbonopsina back to a monastery and quickly rose to prominence. In April, Lekapenos' daughter Helena Lekapene
Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927
Byzantine–Bulgarian_war_of_913–927
Successful siege of Constantinople in 922
Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927. In the summer the Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos sent troops under the commander Saktikios to repel another Bulgarian raid
Battle of Constantinople (922)
Battle_of_Constantinople_(922)
Topics referred to by the same term
Constantine (son of Theophilos) Constantine (son of Basil I) Constantine Lekapenos Constantine Doukas (co-emperor) Constantine Laskaris (?) Constantine I
Constantine
Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969
popular officials such as the Patriarch Polyeuctus and the general Basil Lekapenos. The people of Constantinople soon turned against his cause, killing Argyros
Nikephoros_II_Phokas
Roman civilisation from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Ancient_Rome
Byzantine emperor from 1028 to 1034
Romanos Argyros, who had married Agatha, a daughter of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 919–944). Romanos had several siblings: Basil Argyros, who served
Romanos_III_Argyros
Roman emperor from 198 to 217
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Caracalla
Name list
867 Basil II Bulgaroktonus (958–1025), Byzantine Emperor from 976 Basil Lekapenos (925–985), chief administrator of the Byzantine Empire from 945 Basil
Basil_(name)
I Acciaioli (died 1435), illegitimate son of Nerio I of Athens Basil Lekapenos (c. 925 – c. 985), known as Basil the Parakoimomenos or Basil the Nothos
List of people known as the Bastard
List_of_people_known_as_the_Bastard
telling that the future emperor Romanos Lekapenos held this post, and was succeeded by his son Christopher Lekapenos. According to the mid-10th century De
Hetaireiarches
Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Claudius
inscription reveals that Basil Lekapenos was the benefactor of the staurotheke. Basil was the bastard son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos and was made a eunuch
Limburg_Staurotheke
City in Bingöl Province, Turkey
Romanoupolis (Greek: Ῥωμανούπολις) after the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, who incorporated it into the Byzantine Empire in 942. It initially formed
Bingöl
Roman emperor from 361 to 363, Neoplatonic philosopher
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Julian_(emperor)
10th-century Byzantine general
In 978 Bardas was delivered from his prison cell by the eunuch Basil Lekapenos, Basil II's uncle and de facto regent. He was dispatched in disguise to
Bardas_Phokas_the_Younger
Roman emperor from AD 14 to 37
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Tiberius
Usurper of the Byzantine Empire
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Theodosios_Monomachos
Roman emperor from 379 to 395
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Theodosius_I
Roman emperor from 641 to 668
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Constans_II
Byzantine official and chief minister under Romanos I
Stephen Lekapenos to the throne. John is first mentioned in 922, in the aftermath of a failed conspiracy against emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (reigned
John_the_Rhaiktor
Byzantine emperor from 1041 to 1042
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Michael_V_Kalaphates
Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Vespasian
Roman emperor from 218 to 222
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Elagabalus
Roman emperor from 491 to 518
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Anastasius_I_Dicorus
10/11th-century Byzantine military officer
emperor made him an enemy to the powerful eunuch parakoimomenos, Basil Lekapenos, who had supervised the affairs of state for decades. During the negotiations
Nikephoros_Ouranos
Roman caesar in 455
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Palladius_(Caesar)
Roman emperor from 367 to 383
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Gratian
Roman emperor from 375 to 392
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Valentinian_II
Duke of Spoleto
Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos by marrying her to one of his sons, either Stephen Lekapenos or Constantine Lekapenos. Liutprand of Cremona says
Alberic_I_of_Spoleto
Bulgarian prince (born between 931 and 944)
Sursuvul' sister 1. Plenimir 24. Theophylaktos Abastaktos 12. Romanos I Lekapenos 6. Christopher Lekapenos 13. Theodora 3. Irene Lekapene 7. Augusta Sophia
Plenimir_(prince)
Topics referred to by the same term
c. 920-945) Byzantine official and chief minister of Emperor Romanos Lekapenos Theophanes Nonnus (fl.c. 950), Byzantine physician who wrote outline of
Theophanes
Roman emperor from 383 to 388
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Magnus_Maximus
Roman emperor from AD 81 to 96
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Domitian
Roman emperor from 337 to 350
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Constans
Head of the Catholic Church from 931 to 935
Constantinople Tryphon in September 931, the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos attempted to get his young son Theophylactus placed on the Patriarchal
Pope_John_XI
Western Roman emperor from 392 to 394
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Eugenius
Byzantine court position, usually reserved for eunuchs
Constantine VII (r. 913–959) until 947, when he was replaced by Basil Lekapenos. Lekapenos, the bastard son of Emperor Romanos I, would play a dominant role
Parakoimomenos
The first known holder was Romanos Lekapenos, the son of Stephen Lekapenos and grandson of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), but Oikonomides suggested
Sebastophoros
Byzantine rebel
He was arrested in 923 CE for conspiring to dethrone Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos. Speros Vryonis Jr. (1957). "The Will of a Provincial Magnate, Eustathius
Bardas_Boilas
Topics referred to by the same term
1 Romanus of Rouen, Bishop, (c. 640), feast day October 23 Romanos I Lekapenos, ruled 920–944 Romanos II, ruled 959–963 Romanos III Argyros, ruled 1028–1034
Romanus
Byzantine empress (born c. 946)
Constantine VII and Helena Lekapene. Her maternal grandparents were Romanos I Lekapenos and Theodora. The work Theophanes Continuatus was a continuation of the
Theodora (daughter of Constantine VII)
Theodora_(daughter_of_Constantine_VII)
Byzantine emperor from 698 to 705
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Tiberius_III
Last Byzantine Emperor from 1449 to 1453
as Constantine XIII after counting two junior co-emperors, Constantine Lekapenos (co-emperor 924–945) and Constantine Doukas (co-emperor 1074–1078 and
Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 925 to 928
928. He appears to have been appointed to the post by Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos after the death of Nicholas I of Constantinople as a stop-gap until Romanos
Stephen_II_of_Constantinople
Ancient city – now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Byzantine Empire often tried to retake Edessa, especially under Romanos I Lekapenos, who obtained from the inhabitants the "Image of Edessa", an ancient portrait
Edessa
Roman emperor in 270
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Quintillus
Byzantine emperor (1332–1391)
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
John_V_Palaiologos
Roman emperor in 193
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Didius_Julianus
Province of the Byzantine Empire
raised to the status of a full theme sometime in the reign of Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), most likely c. 927–934. According to the De Thematibus of
Seleucia_(theme)
Roman emperor from 527 to 565
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Justinian_I
families to be castrated. For example, two of the sons of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos were castrated — Theophylact, who later became Patriarch, and Basil, the
Eunuchs in the Byzantine Empire
Eunuchs_in_the_Byzantine_Empire
Byzantine emperor from 886 to 912
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Leo_VI_the_Wise
Ruler of the Roman Empire
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Roman_emperor
10th-century Kurdish Chieftain (927)
Christianity and entered the service of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944). Romanos gave him rich gifts and sent him back to his base
Ibn_al-Dahhak
Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Heraclius
Roman emperor
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Licinian
Gate to the Byzantine Great Palace of Constantinople
867–886) repaired it and converted it into a law court. Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944) attached a small chapel dedicated to Christ Chalkites (Χριστός
Chalke
Calendar year
of York Ibn Masarra, Muslim ascetic and scholar (b. 883) Christopher Lekapenos, Byzantine co-emperor Robert II, bishop of Tours (approximate date) Rollo
931
Byzantine empress from 1042 to 1056
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Theodora_Porphyrogenita
Roman emperor from 177 to 192
VI Alexander Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos (w. Christopher, Romanos (?), Stephen & Constantine Lekapenos) Romanos II Nikephoros II Phokas John I
Commodus
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Joy of God
Female
English
Variant spelling of French Annette, ANETTE means "favor; grace."
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish BrÃd, BREEDA means "exalted one."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Holy Victory
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew
Devoted; Initiating
Girl/Female
Hindu
Fairy queen, Ambition
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who pleases the mind
Male
French
Norman French name derived from Old High German Adalhard, ALARD means "noble strength."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Answer of prayers, Goddess Lakshmi
Girl/Female
Christian, Indian
Greek Goddess
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