Ruler · 870 – 948

Romanos I Lekapenos

Lived 870 – 948; ruler. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 920 – 944.

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Lived: 870 – 948; 78 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 64th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

60 before

Leo VI the Wise886 – 912

Alexander912 – 913

Constantine VII913 – 959

Romanos I Lekapenos920 – 944

Christopher Lekapenos921 – 931

Romanos II959 – 963

Nikephoros II Phokas963 – 969

46 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 920 – 944 · 24 years · came to it aged 50

Came to it: appointed
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 944; they died in 948

He was named caesar on 24 September 920 and crowned senior emperor on 17 December.

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