Vasilios Lekapenos
Byzantine official
b. 925 · d. 985
Basil Lekapenos, also called the Parakoimomenos or the Nothos, was an illegitimate child of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos. He served as the grand chamberlain and chief minister of the Byzantine Empire for most of the period 947 to 985, under emperors Constantine VII, Romanos II, Nikephoros II Phokas, John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II.
Related people
- Romanos I Lekapenos child of · traditional
Places
- Constantinople birth
- Princes' Islands death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.