Ruler · 938 – 963

Romanos II

Lived 938 – 963; ruler. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 959 – 963.

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Lived: 938 – 963; 25 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: died by accident; Wikidata's manner of death

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 66th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

62 before

Constantine VII913 – 959

Romanos I Lekapenos920 – 944

Christopher Lekapenos921 – 931

Romanos II959 – 963

Nikephoros II Phokas963 – 969

John I Tzimiskes969 – 976

Basil II976 – 1025

44 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 959 – 963 · 4 years · came to it aged 21

Came to it: inheritedthe nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died by accidentWikidata's manner of death: accidental death; horse fall

He succeeded his father Constantine VII at the age of twenty-one and died suddenly and mysteriously four years later.

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