Ruler · 912 – 969

Nikephoros II Phokas

Lived 912 – 969; military personnel. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 963 – 969.

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Lived: 912 – 969; 57 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 67th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

63 before

Romanos I Lekapenos920 – 944

Christopher Lekapenos921 – 931

Romanos II959 – 963

Nikephoros II Phokas963 – 969

John I Tzimiskes969 – 976

Basil II976 – 1025

Constantine VIII1025 – 1028

43 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 963 – 969 · 6 years · came to it aged 51

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; decapitation

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