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Romanos I

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 870–948 Also known as Romanos Lekapenos

Romanos I (c. 870–948), an Armenian military noble, seized the throne by force in 920 and co-ruled with the young Constantine VII for nearly twenty y…

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  1. c. 890–919Anatolia · AnatoliaOf military noble origin, he served as a senior general under Leo VI, renowned for organizing fleets and frontier warfare, gradually accumulating military merit and political capital.
  2. 920–944Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireIn 920 he enthroned the young Constantine VII, made himself emperor and arranged for his descendants to co-rule, holding real control of imperial military and civil affairs for nearly twenty-four years and advancing counteroffensives against the Arabs and Bulgarians.
  3. 944–948Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireOverthrown in a coup by his son Stephen in 944 and forced to become a monk, he spent his later years in a monastery, dying in 948, after which Constantine VII ultimately restored sole rule.

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