Stephen Lekapenos

Stephen Lekapenos
Emperor of the Romans
15th-century portrait of Stephen, from the Mutinensis gr. 122 manuscript
Byzantine emperor
Reign	25 December 924 – 27 January 945
Co-emperors	Constantine VII (920–944) Romanos I (920–944) Cristopher (921–931) Constantine (924–944)
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.