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Theophylaktos Abastaktos
(Abt 850 - )
According to Wikipedia:
Lekapenos (Greek: Ëåêáðçíüò) or Lakapenos (Ëáêáðçíüò), usually Latinized as Lecapenus, feminine form Lekapene (ËåêáðçíÞ), was the name of a Byzantine family of humble, ethnic Armenian background, which intermarried with and almost managed to usurp the throne from the Macedonian dynasty in the first half of the 10th century.
The family was founded by Theophylact, surnamed Abaktistos or Abastaktos, an Armenian peasant who saved the life of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in 872 and received estates as a reward. The family surname derives from the locality of Lakape; possibly these estates were located there.[1] Theophylact's son Romanos became commander-in-chief of the Imperial Fleet and eventually senior emperor in 920 after marrying his daughter Helena to the legitimate emperor Constantine VII, grandson of Basil I. He raised three of his sons, Christopher, Stephen, and Constantine, as co-emperors alongside Constantine VII. Another son, Theophylact, was made Patriarch of Constantinople, and Christopher's daughter Maria-Irene was married to the Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria.[1] Romanos was deposed by Stephen and Constantine in December 944, but they too were in turn soon deposed and Constantine VII was restored as sole emperor.[1] Their descendants continued to occupy senior palace offices in the next decades, but the most notable member of the family was Romanos' illegitimate son Basil Lekapenos, who as the imperial parakoimomenos was the virtual ruler of the empire until the 980s.[1]
The family is barely attested thereafter; only a certain Constantine Lekapenos is known through his seal for the entirety of the 11th century, and the last important member was George Lakapenos, a 14th-century official and writer.[1]
Contents
1 Family tree
2 See also
3 References
4 Sources
Family tree
After Steven Runciman, The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium, Appendix IV:
Theophylact Abaktistos
Romanos I Lekapenos (870-948),
senior emperor 920-944 Theodora (died 922),
Augusta
Christopher Lekapenos (died 931),
junior co-emperor 921-931 Sophia, daughter of Niketas Stephen Lekapenos (910-963),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Anna Gabalaina,
Augusta N. Lekapene Romanos Saronites Theophylact Lekapenos (917-956),
Patriarch of Constantinople 933-956
Helena Lekapene (died 961),
Augusta Constantine VII (905-959),
sole emperor 913-920 & 944-959,
junior co-emperor 920-944 Agathe Lekapene Romanos Argyros Helena, daughter of Adrian Constantine Lekapenos (912-946),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Theophano Mamas N. Lekapene Mousele
Peter I,
Tsar of Bulgaria 927-969 Maria-Irene Lekapene (died ca. 966) Romanos Lekapenos Michael Lekapenos,
magistros and rhaiktor Romanos Lekapenos,
sebastophoros Romanos Lekapenos,
patrikios and eparchos
See also
History of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty
References
Kazhdan 1991, pp. 1203-1204.
Sources
Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Lekapenos". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1203-1204. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
Runciman, Steven (1988) [1929]. The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-35722-
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According to Wikipedia:
Lekapenos (Greek: Ëåêáðçíüò) or Lakapenos (Ëáêáðçíüò), usually Latinized as Lecapenus, feminine form Lekapene (ËåêáðçíÞ), was the name of a Byzantine family of humble, ethnic Armenian background, which intermarried with and almost managed to usurp the throne from the Macedonian dynasty in the first half of the 10th century.
The family was founded by Theophylact, surnamed Abaktistos or Abastaktos, an Armenian peasant who saved the life of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in 872 and received estates as a reward. The family surname derives from the locality of Lakape; possibly these estates were located there.[1] Theophylact's son Romanos became commander-in-chief of the Imperial Fleet and eventually senior emperor in 920 after marrying his daughter Helena to the legitimate emperor Constantine VII, grandson of Basil I. He raised three of his sons, Christopher, Stephen, and Constantine, as co-emperors alongside Constantine VII. Another son, Theophylact, was made Patriarch of Constantinople, and Christopher's daughter Maria-Irene was married to the Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria.[1] Romanos was deposed by Stephen and Constantine in December 944, but they too were in turn soon deposed and Constantine VII was restored as sole emperor.[1] Their descendants continued to occupy senior palace offices in the next decades, but the most notable member of the family was Romanos' illegitimate son Basil Lekapenos, who as the imperial parakoimomenos was the virtual ruler of the empire until the 980s.[1]
The family is barely attested thereafter; only a certain Constantine Lekapenos is known through his seal for the entirety of the 11th century, and the last important member was George Lakapenos, a 14th-century official and writer.[1]
Contents
1 Family tree
2 See also
3 References
4 Sources
Family tree
After Steven Runciman, The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium, Appendix IV:
Theophylact Abaktistos
Romanos I Lekapenos (870-948),
senior emperor 920-944 Theodora (died 922),
Augusta
Christopher Lekapenos (died 931),
junior co-emperor 921-931 Sophia, daughter of Niketas Stephen Lekapenos (910-963),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Anna Gabalaina,
Augusta N. Lekapene Romanos Saronites Theophylact Lekapenos (917-956),
Patriarch of Constantinople 933-956
Helena Lekapene (died 961),
Augusta Constantine VII (905-959),
sole emperor 913-920 & 944-959,
junior co-emperor 920-944 Agathe Lekapene Romanos Argyros Helena, daughter of Adrian Constantine Lekapenos (912-946),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Theophano Mamas N. Lekapene Mousele
Peter I,
Tsar of Bulgaria 927-969 Maria-Irene Lekapene (died ca. 966) Romanos Lekapenos Michael Lekapenos,
magistros and rhaiktor Romanos Lekapenos,
sebastophoros Romanos Lekapenos,
patrikios and eparchos
See also
History of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty
References
Kazhdan 1991, pp. 1203-1204.
Sources
Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Lekapenos". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1203-1204. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
Runciman, Steven (1988) [1929]. The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-35722-
Lekapenos (Greek: Ëåêáðçíüò) or Lakapenos (Ëáêáðçíüò), usually Latinized as Lecapenus, feminine form Lekapene (ËåêáðçíÞ), was the name of a Byzantine family of humble, ethnic Armenian background, which intermarried with and almost managed to usurp the throne from the Macedonian dynasty in the first half of the 10th century.
The family was founded by Theophylact, surnamed Abaktistos or Abastaktos, an Armenian peasant who saved the life of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in 872 and received estates as a reward. The family surname derives from the locality of Lakape; possibly these estates were located there.[1] Theophylact's son Romanos became commander-in-chief of the Imperial Fleet and eventually senior emperor in 920 after marrying his daughter Helena to the legitimate emperor Constantine VII, grandson of Basil I. He raised three of his sons, Christopher, Stephen, and Constantine, as co-emperors alongside Constantine VII. Another son, Theophylact, was made Patriarch of Constantinople, and Christopher's daughter Maria-Irene was married to the Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria.[1] Romanos was deposed by Stephen and Constantine in December 944, but they too were in turn soon deposed and Constantine VII was restored as sole emperor.[1] Their descendants continued to occupy senior palace offices in the next decades, but the most notable member of the family was Romanos' illegitimate son Basil Lekapenos, who as the imperial parakoimomenos was the virtual ruler of the empire until the 980s.[1]
The family is barely attested thereafter; only a certain Constantine Lekapenos is known through his seal for the entirety of the 11th century, and the last important member was George Lakapenos, a 14th-century official and writer.[1]
Contents
1 Family tree
2 See also
3 References
4 Sources
Family tree
After Steven Runciman, The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium, Appendix IV:
Theophylact Abaktistos
Romanos I Lekapenos (870-948),
senior emperor 920-944 Theodora (died 922),
Augusta
Christopher Lekapenos (died 931),
junior co-emperor 921-931 Sophia, daughter of Niketas Stephen Lekapenos (910-963),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Anna Gabalaina,
Augusta N. Lekapene Romanos Saronites Theophylact Lekapenos (917-956),
Patriarch of Constantinople 933-956
Helena Lekapene (died 961),
Augusta Constantine VII (905-959),
sole emperor 913-920 & 944-959,
junior co-emperor 920-944 Agathe Lekapene Romanos Argyros Helena, daughter of Adrian Constantine Lekapenos (912-946),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Theophano Mamas N. Lekapene Mousele
Peter I,
Tsar of Bulgaria 927-969 Maria-Irene Lekapene (died ca. 966) Romanos Lekapenos Michael Lekapenos,
magistros and rhaiktor Romanos Lekapenos,
sebastophoros Romanos Lekapenos,
patrikios and eparchos
See also
History of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty
References
Kazhdan 1991, pp. 1203-1204.
Sources
Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Lekapenos". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1203-1204. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
Runciman, Steven (1988) [1929]. The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-35722-
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
According to Wikipedia:
Lekapenos (Greek: Ëåêáðçíüò) or Lakapenos (Ëáêáðçíüò), usually Latinized as Lecapenus, feminine form Lekapene (ËåêáðçíÞ), was the name of a Byzantine family of humble, ethnic Armenian background, which intermarried with and almost managed to usurp the throne from the Macedonian dynasty in the first half of the 10th century.
The family was founded by Theophylact, surnamed Abaktistos or Abastaktos, an Armenian peasant who saved the life of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in 872 and received estates as a reward. The family surname derives from the locality of Lakape; possibly these estates were located there.[1] Theophylact's son Romanos became commander-in-chief of the Imperial Fleet and eventually senior emperor in 920 after marrying his daughter Helena to the legitimate emperor Constantine VII, grandson of Basil I. He raised three of his sons, Christopher, Stephen, and Constantine, as co-emperors alongside Constantine VII. Another son, Theophylact, was made Patriarch of Constantinople, and Christopher's daughter Maria-Irene was married to the Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria.[1] Romanos was deposed by Stephen and Constantine in December 944, but they too were in turn soon deposed and Constantine VII was restored as sole emperor.[1] Their descendants continued to occupy senior palace offices in the next decades, but the most notable member of the family was Romanos' illegitimate son Basil Lekapenos, who as the imperial parakoimomenos was the virtual ruler of the empire until the 980s.[1]
The family is barely attested thereafter; only a certain Constantine Lekapenos is known through his seal for the entirety of the 11th century, and the last important member was George Lakapenos, a 14th-century official and writer.[1]
Contents
1 Family tree
2 See also
3 References
4 Sources
Family tree
After Steven Runciman, The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium, Appendix IV:
Theophylact Abaktistos
Romanos I Lekapenos (870-948),
senior emperor 920-944 Theodora (died 922),
Augusta
Christopher Lekapenos (died 931),
junior co-emperor 921-931 Sophia, daughter of Niketas Stephen Lekapenos (910-963),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Anna Gabalaina,
Augusta N. Lekapene Romanos Saronites Theophylact Lekapenos (917-956),
Patriarch of Constantinople 933-956
Helena Lekapene (died 961),
Augusta Constantine VII (905-959),
sole emperor 913-920 & 944-959,
junior co-emperor 920-944 Agathe Lekapene Romanos Argyros Helena, daughter of Adrian Constantine Lekapenos (912-946),
junior co-emperor 924-945 Theophano Mamas N. Lekapene Mousele
Peter I,
Tsar of Bulgaria 927-969 Maria-Irene Lekapene (died ca. 966) Romanos Lekapenos Michael Lekapenos,
magistros and rhaiktor Romanos Lekapenos,
sebastophoros Romanos Lekapenos,
patrikios and eparchos
See also
History of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty
References
Kazhdan 1991, pp. 1203-1204.
Sources
Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Lekapenos". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 1203-1204. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
Runciman, Steven (1988) [1929]. The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-35722-
Events
| Birth | Abt 850 | Turkey |
Families
| Child | Romanos I Lekapenos (870 - 948) |