Konstantinos Lekapenos
Byzantine emperor
d. 950s
Constantine Lekapenos or Lecapenus was the third son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his elder brother Stephen, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, but was overthrown and exiled by the co-emperor Constantine VII a few weeks later. Constantine Lekapenos was exiled to the island of Samothrace, where he was killed while attempting to escape sometime between 946 and 948.
Related people
- Theodora child of · traditional
- Romanos I Lekapenos child of · traditional
- Stephen Lekapenos sibling of · traditional
- Christopher Lekapenos sibling of · traditional
- Helena Lekapene sibling of · traditional
- Theophylact of Constantinople sibling of · traditional
Places
- Samothrace death
- Constantinople birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.