Stephen Lekapenos | |
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Emperor of the Romans | |
![]() 15th-century portrait of Stephen, from the Mutinensis gr. 122 manuscript | |
Byzantine emperor | |
Reign | 25 December 924 – 27 January 945 |
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Died | 18 April 963 |
Spouse | Anna Gabala |
Issue | Romanos |
Dynasty | Lekapenos |
Father | Romanos Lekapenos |
Mother | Theodora |
Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Στέφανος Λεκαπηνός, translit. Stéphanos Lekapenós; died 18 April 963) was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his younger brother Constantine, 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. Stephen lived out his life in exile on the island of Lesbos, where he died on Easter 963.
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