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Roman Ii

Roman II (Greek: , was born in 939 , son of Constantine VII and Helen Lecapenus. Emperor Byzantine from 959 to 963 , he died (probably poisoned) in 963.

Summary

Life

Death of Romanus II.

Born in the purple like his father, historians say it has its charm and manners.

He married first in 944 Eudoxia (929 949), appears to be an illegitimate daughters of Hugues d'Arles.

Widowed, he disdains the bride chosen by his father to marry the daughter of an innkeeper of Peloponnese , Theophano Descendants

He leaves three children:

Notes

  1. At least, that tells columnist John Skylitzes more than a century later. In reality, it probably belonged to the family Kratroi known in documents from the early ninth century (with at least two characters named Leon who were Krateros strategists of Anatolia in the ninth century).

Bibliography

  • Jean Skylitzes Emperors of Constantinople "Synopsis Historin" translated and annotated by Bernard Flusin pat Jean-Claude P. Cheynet editions Lethilleux Paris 2003 ( ISBN 2283604591 ) "Young Romain, p.209-213.
  • John Julius Norwich (trans. Dominic Peters), History of Byzantium (330-1453), Academic Bookstore Perrin, Paris, 1998 (1st ed. 1999) ( ISBN 2-262-01333-0 ) [ retail editions ]
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