Constantine Lekapenos Monarch
Constantine Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Λακαπηνός) was the third son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. Along with his elder brother Stephen, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, only to be themselves overthrown and exiled by the legitimate emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959) a few weeks later. Constantine was exiled to the island of Samothrace, where he was killed while attempting to escape sometime between 946 and 948.
Personal facts
| Parents | Romanos I Lekapenos |
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| Title | Co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire |
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Monarch
| From | 0924 |
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| To | 0945 |