Alexander (Byzantine emperor)

Alexander
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Mosaic of Emperor Alexander in Hagia Sophia. He wears a loros and holds the akakia in his right hand.
Byzantine emperor
Reign11 May 912 – 6 June 913
Coronationc. September 879[a]
PredecessorLeo VI
SuccessorConstantine VII
Born23 November 870[4]
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died6 June 913 (aged 42)
Regnal name
Alexander Augustus[5]
DynastyMacedonian
FatherBasil I
MotherEudokia Ingerina

Alexander[b] (Greek: Άλέξανδρος, Alexandros, 23 November 870 – 6 June 913) was briefly Byzantine emperor from 912 to 913, and the third emperor of the Macedonian dynasty.

  1. ^ "Alexandros (#20328)". De Gruyter.
  2. ^ Tougher 1996, pp. 475–476.
  3. ^ Mango, Cyril (2018) [1958]. The Homilies of Photius. Dumbarton Oaks studies. Vol. 3. p. 179. ISBN 9781532641381.
  4. ^ Grierson 1973, p. 475.
  5. ^ Coinage from 912-913, unlike the coins issued during his co-rules, refers to him as Alexandros Augustos
  6. ^ Browning 1980, p. 297.
  7. ^ Haldon 2005, p. 176.
  8. ^ Lawler 2015, p. 37.
  9. ^ Jenkins 1999, p. 101.
  10. ^ Granier 2018, p. 224.
  11. ^ Tougher 1996, p. 209.


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