![]() Constantine VII, with the help of his supporters, cloistered his brothers-in-law, and personally ruled by the Eastern Roman Empire from January 945 to his death in November 959. From 920, Constantine VII become increasingly distant from the imperial authorities until December 944, when the sons of Emperor Romanos I suddenly rebelled and cloistered their father. In December 920, Romanos I Lekapenos (920-944) was crowned a co-emperor, but he really took over the imperial reign in Constantinople. Later in May 919 Constantine VII married Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos Lekapenos. Ĭonstantine VII was too young to rule on his own, and the governorship was created. ![]() Leo VI died in May 912, and his brother and co-emperor Alexander became the ruler of Constantinople, but Alexander died in 913. Leo VI gave the crown to young Constantine VII in 908 and he became the co-emperor. The emperor Constantine VII “Porphyrogenitus” (905-959) was only surviving son of the emperor Leo VI the Wise (886-912).
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