Constantine Lekapenos | |
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Emperor of the Romans | |
![]() 15th-century portrait of Constantine, from the Mutinensis gr. 122 manuscript | |
Byzantine emperor | |
Reign | 25 December 924 – 27 January 945 |
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Died | 946–948 |
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Issue | Romanos Lekapenos |
Dynasty | Lekapenos |
Father | Romanos I Lekapenos |
Mother | Theodora |
Constantine Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Λακαπηνός, translit. Kōnstantínos Lakapenós) was the third son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his elder brother Stephen, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, but was overthrown and exiled by the legitimate emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959) a few weeks later. Constantine Lekapenos was exiled to the island of Samothrace, where he was killed while attempting to escape sometime between 946 and 948.
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