Emperor Constantine VII

905 - 959  (54 years)

• Name	, Constantine  [1, 2]
  		Map of Byzantine Empire c 1180
  Title	Emperor
  Suffix	VII
  Birth	17 May 905	Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey   [1, 2]
  	Born in the Purple
  Christening	17 May 905	Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Between 913 and 959	Byzantine Empire (Historical)   [1, 2]
  	Emperor
  House	Macedonian
  FSID	LRQD-FS2  [1, 2, 3]
  Death	9 Nov 959	Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey   [1, 2]
  Burial	9 Nov 959	Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I34426	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Macedonicos, Emperor Leo VI,   b. 19 Sep 866, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey d. 11 May 912, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Karbonopsina, Zoe,   b. 865, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey d. May 899, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Jan 906	Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
  Family ID	F13573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lekapenos, Princess Eleni,   b. 906, Istanbul, Turkey d. 24 Sep 961, Istanbul, Turkey (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 919	Istanbul, Turkey   [1, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Macedonicos, Emperor Romanos II,   b. 938, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey d. 15 Mar 963, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Age 25 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 May 905 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Christening - 17 May 905 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Appointments / Titles - Emperor - Between 913 and 959 - Byzantine Empire (Historical) Marriage - 27 Apr 919 - Istanbul, Turkey Death - 9 Nov 959 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Burial - 9 Nov 959 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of Constantinople was the son of Leo VI 'the Wise', Emperor of Constantinople.1 He married Helen Lecapenus, daughter of Romanus I Lecapenus, Emperor of Constantinople, in 919.2 He died in 959.1 He held the office of Co-regent of Constantinople in 908.1 He succeeded as the Emperor Constantine VII of Constantinople in 913.1 Child of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of Constantinople Romanus II, Emperor of Constantinople+1 d. 15 Mar 963 Citations [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 52. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World. Wikipedia Constantine VII Flavius Porphyrogenitus (Byzantine Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Ζ΄ Φλάβιος Πορφυρογέννητος, romanized: Kōnstantinos VII Flāvios Porphyrogennētos; 17/18 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina, and the nephew of his predecessor Emperor Alexander. Most of his reign was dominated by co-regents: from 913 until 919 he was under the regency of his mother, while from 920 until 945 he shared the throne with Romanos Lekapenos, whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons. Constantine VII is best known for the Geoponika (τά γεοπονικά), an important agronomic treatise compiled during his reign, and his four books, De Administrando Imperio (bearing in Greek the heading Πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον υἱὸν Ῥωμανόν),[2] De Ceremoniis (Περὶ τῆς Βασιλείου Τάξεως), De Thematibus (Περὶ θεμάτων Άνατολῆς καὶ Δύσεως), and Vita Basilii (Βίος Βασιλείου).[3][4] The epithet porphyrogenitus alludes to the Purple chamber of the imperial palace, decorated with porphyry, where legitimate children of reigning emperors were normally born. Constantine was also born in this room, although his mother Zoe had not been married to Leo at that time. Nevertheless, the epithet allowed him to underline his position as the legitimate son, as opposed to all others, who claimed the throne during his lifetime. Sons born to a reigning Emperor held precedence in the Eastern Roman line of succession over elder sons not born "in the purple".

  
  

• Sources

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