Constantine VII Emperor "Porphyrogenitus" of Byzantium

• Preferred Name: Constantine VII Emperor "Porphyrogenitus" of Byzantium^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Alternate Name: Porphyrogennetos
  
• Alternate Name: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
  
• Alternate Name: Constantine VII
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: 9 NOV 959 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75
  
• Death: 9 NOV 959 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: EmperorBET 6 JUN 913 AND 9 NOV 959 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75
  
• Birth: 17 MAY 905 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Co-Emperor with Romanos I Lekapenos, his father-in-lawBET 920 AND 945 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75
  
• FSID: LRQD-FS2
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of Constantinople was the son of Leo VI 'the Wise', Emperor of Constantinople.1 He married Helen Lecapenus, daughter of Romanus I Lecapenus, Emperor of Constantinople, in 919.2 He died in 959.1
  He held the office of Co-regent of Constantinople in 908.1 He succeeded as the Emperor Constantine VII of Constantinople in 913.1
  Child of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of Constantinople
  Romanus II, Emperor of Constantinople+1 d. 15 Mar 963
  Citations
  [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 52. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
  
  Wikipedia
  
  Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Byzantine Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Ζ΄ Φλάβιος Πορφυρογέννητος, romanized: Kōnstantinos VII Flāvios Porphyrogennētos; 17/18 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina, and the nephew of his predecessor Emperor Alexander.
  
  Most of his reign was dominated by co-regents: from 913 until 919 he was under the regency of his mother, while from 920 until 945 he shared the throne with Romanos Lekapenos, whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons. Constantine VII is best known for the Geoponika (τά γεοπονικά), an important agronomic treatise compiled during his reign, and his four books, De Administrando Imperio (bearing in Greek the heading Πρὸς τὸν ἴδιον υἱὸν Ῥωμανόν),[2] De Ceremoniis (Περὶ τῆς Βασιλείου Τάξεως), De Thematibus (Περὶ θεμάτων Άνατολῆς καὶ Δύσεως), and Vita Basilii (Βίος Βασιλείου).[3][4]
  
  The epithet porphyrogenitus alludes to the Purple chamber of the imperial palace, decorated with porphyry, where legitimate children of reigning emperors were normally born. Constantine was also born in this room, although his mother Zoe had not been married to Leo at that time. Nevertheless, the epithet allowed him to underline his position as the legitimate son, as opposed to all others, who claimed the throne during his lifetime. Sons born to a reigning Emperor held precedence in the Eastern Roman line of succession over elder sons not born "in the purple".
  
  Biography
  Constantine’s surname, Porphyrogenitus (that is, born in the Purple Chamber of the Imperial Palace in Constantinople, as befitted legitimate children of reigning emperors), pointedly answers the doubt
  
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  === !SOURCE: BRITANNICA MICROPAEDIA READY R ===
  !SOURCE: BRITANNICA MICROPAEDIA READY REFERENCE VOL 10 PG 161 1987 EDITION !SOURCE: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA 1959M EDITION, VOL. 7, PG 556, LISTS DEATH AS 15 NOV 959
  
  === CONSTANTINE VII, called Constantine Por ===
  CONSTANTINE VII, called Constantine Porphyrogenitus (905-59), Byzantine emperor (913-59). Constantine was dominated by his father-in-law and co-emperor, Romanus I (c. 870-948), and he continued Romanus's policies-protection of the small landholders of Anatolia and aggression against the Muslim states of Mesopotamia and Syria-even after Romanus was banished from Constantinople in 944. He also maintained contact with the Russians and encouraged their conversion to Christianity. Constantine is mainly remembered as a scholar and patron of scholarship. His own works include De Thematibus (On the Provinces), a history of the various territories of the Byzantine Empire; De Administrando Imperio (On Imperial Administration), a treatise on foreign policy containing valuable information on the peoples of eastern Europe in the 10th century; and De Ceremoniis Aulae Byzantinae (Byzantine Court Ceremonies).
  
  === CONSTANTINE VII, called Constantine Porp ===
  CONSTANTINE VII, called Constantine Porphyrogenitus (905-59), Byzantine emperor (913-59). Constantine was dominated by his father-in-law and co-emperor, Romanus I (c. 870-948), and he continued Romanus's policies-protection of the small landholders of Anatolia and aggression against the Muslim states of Mesopotamia and Syria-even after Romanus was banished from Constantinople in 944. He also maintained contact with the Russians and encouraged their conversion to Christianity. Constantine is mainly remembered as a scholar and patron of scholarship. His own works include De Thematibus (On the Provinces), a history of the various territories of the Byzantine Empire; De Administrando Imperio (On Imperial Administration), a treatise on foreign policy containing valuable information on the peoples of eastern Europe in the 10th century; and De Ceremoniis Aulae Byzantinae (Byzantine Court Ceremonies).
  
  === Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus ("born i ===
  Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus ("born in the purple") was an author and a patron of literature and a painter. He was Eastern Emperor at Constantinople, 912-959. *son of Leo VI [The Wise] & Zoe
  
  === "Our Royal Ancestors" by Fred M Cawley p ===
  "Our Royal Ancestors" by Fred M Cawley page 42, #3
  
  === Byzantine emperor (912-59), son and succ ===
  Byzantine emperor (912-59), son and successor of Leo VI. His reign before 945 was purely nominal while a regency gave power to the usurper Romanus I. In 945 Constantine expelled the sons of Romanus and began his peronal rule. His main interests lay in legal reforms and in the encouragement of art and learning. He was himself a scholar and an assiduous writer.
  
  === Llamado Porfirogenito. Accede al Trono ===
  Llamado Porfirogenito. Accede al Trono el año 913.
  
  === !Encyclopedia Britannica 1944 Vol 6 p. 3 ===
  !Encyclopedia Britannica 1944 Vol 6 p. 300. The Plantagenet Ancestry GS Q940/D2t p. 23. Constantine poisoned by his son Romanus in 959.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.17; THE PLANTAGENETANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.23; BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2B465G) TAB 537;
  
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  === -At Alexanders death, he left a council ===
  -At Alexanders death, he left a council to serve as regent for Konstantinos, who was 7 years old. -At 14 he was forced into marriage with Eleni, daughter of then Admiral Romanus. However it lasted and was a happy union. -Sickly all through his life. He was a scholar and loved books. He collected a splended library from all parts of the Empire. -Konstantinos finally assumes the Throne on 27 Jan 945 (at age 40), following a Palace uprising against Romanus' sons. -Died in 959, probably of Typhoid Fever
  
  === NOTES: Emperor of Constantinople 912-95 ===
  NOTES: Emperor of Constantinople 912-959
  
  === ! HISTORY: Grolier Encyclopedia, 1995 ed ===
  ! HISTORY: Grolier Encyclopedia, 1995 edition, states "Constantine VII, b. Sep. 905, d. Nov. 9,959, known as porphyrogenitos ("born in the purple"), was sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire from 945. He is chiefly remembered for his writtings, which are valuable sources for the history of his time..." ! RELATIONSHIP: Patron, H. Reed Black, is 31st G G Son.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
  
  === Ancestral File Number: GG57-NC ===
  Ancestral File Number: GG57-NC
  
  === Emperor of Byzantium, 911-959 His writi ===
  Emperor of Byzantium, 911-959 His writings are one of the best sources of information on the Byzantine Empire and neighbouring areas. His De administrando imperio treated the Slavic and Turkic peoples, and the De ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae, his longest book, described the elaborate ceremonies that made the Byzantine emperors priestly symbols of the state. Constantine's surname, Porphyrogenitus (that is, born in the Purple Chamber of the Imperial Palace in Constantinople, as befitted legitimate children of reigning emperors), pointedly answers the doubts expressed about the legitimacy of his birth in 905, which slowed down his career and contributed to his shyness. His mother was Zoë Carbonopsina, the mistress of his father, Leo VI, who married her shortly after Constantine was born, against the bitter opposition of the patriarch Nicholas Mysticus. It was Leo's fourth marriage, and the Greek church normally forbade a widower to remarry more than once. As the infant was Leo's only male offspring, he had to be accepted and, in 911, was proclaimed coemperor. But, on the death of his father in 912, the succession fell to his uncle Alexander, whose death the next year cleared the way for seven-year-old Constantine. The patriarch Nicholas, who became regent, found it expedient to appease the powerful tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria—who had severely defeated the Byzantine armies and coveted the Byzantine imperial crown—by promising that the child emperor would marry Simeon's daughter. A palace revolt foiled the scheme, which looked like a betrayal of Byzantium to the Bulgarians. It was only after several years that a combination of diplomacy and successful defense of Constantinople succeeded in inducing Simeon to settle for recognition as emperor of the Bulgarians only. The strategist of this success, Admiral Romanus Lecapenus, rewarded himself by having Constantine marry his daughter (919) and crown him coemperor (920). Gradually Constantine lost most of his power to Leca penus and to his sons. It is not surprising that the young emperor slipped into a pattern of noninvolvement in government. His mother had been relegated to a convent. His father-in-law relieved him of the burdensome tasks of politics and war and shouldered them masterfully but treated him with deference and left him a full share of the prestige and income belonging to the crown. From his father, Constantine had apparently inherited a passion for learning and writing; he worked full-time at it until he was almost 40, when he became sole emperor. Nor did he change tastes thereafter. De thematibus, probably his earliest book, is mainly a compilation of older sources on the origins and development of the provinces of the empire. An apologetic biography of his grandfather Basil I, which he appended to an anonymous chronicle known as Theophanes Continuatus, stressed the glory of the founder of his dynasty. De administrando imperio, a handbook of foreign politics, is perhaps his most valuable work, a storehouse of information on Slavic and Turkic peoples about whom little else is known except through archaeology. Yet, the longest book and the one that tells the most about the Byzantine mentality (and most particularly the mind of the writer) is De ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae, basically a minute description of the elaborate ceremonial and processions that made the emperor a hieratic symbol of the state and strove to impress foreigners with his grandeur. There is no doubt that it helped Byzantium in its relations with the northern “barbarians” and even with western Europe. A monument to Byzantine patriotism, the book bears traces of the spoken vernacular that crept into the stilted Greek of more academic writers. The more voluminous, encyclopaedic works compiled under Constantine's directions are not worth describing, but he exhibited notable zeal in recruiting teachers and students for the “university” of Constantinople, inviting them to court and preferring them fo r public offices. He signed legislation and is said to have dabbled in various fine and mechanical arts. Late in 944 the sons of Romanus Lecapenus, impatient to succeed to power, had their father deported; but the populace of the capital, fearing only that the Porphyrogenitus emperor might be included in the purge accompanying the seizure of power, rioted until Constantine appeared at a window of the palace. This show of loyalty emboldened him to banish Romanus' sons in January 945; he then ruled alone until his death in 959. He appointed to the highest army commands four members of the Phocas family, which had been in disgrace under Romanus Lecapenus, but took no further reprisals, except for an incidental remark, in De ceremoniis, that Romanus Lecapenus was neither an aristocrat nor a cultured man. That he did not depart from the admiral's basic policy—at home, maintaining a delicate balance among civil and military officers, landed aristocrats, and peasant soldiers; abroad, friendship with the Rus, peace with the Bulgarians, a limited commitment in Italy, and a resolute offensive against the Muslims—may be ascribed to statesmanship as well as to timidity. The policy continued to be effective.
  
  === AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor f ===
  AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor file - Doc. AFN000333 Aka: Konstantinos VII, Emperor of The Byzantine Empire Birth: About 906; Of,Constantinople,Constantinople,Turkey Marriage: Eleni Lekapene, Empress of The Byzantine,Turkey; Aapril 27, 919; ,,Constantinople,Constantinople,Turkey Death: November 9, 959
  
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  === Reigned 912-959. ===
  Reigned 912-959.

1. Romanos Porphyrogenitus Byzantine Emperor II, b. 938 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Byzantine Empire     d. 15 MAR 963 in Constantinople, Anatolia, Byzantine Empire
2. Matthew Of Byzantine Empire,    
3. Vladimir Svatoslavitsj Rurikides I, b. 958     d. 15 de julho de 1015

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Constantine VII Emperor -
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5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Constantine VII Emperor - Published information: birth: 2 September 0905; Constantinople, Turkey
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   Note: KONSTANTINOS, son of Emperor LEON VI & his fourth wife Zoe Karbonopsina (905-9 Nov 959, bur Constantinople Church of the Holy Apostles). Theophanes Continuatus records the birth of "Leo ex Zoe quarta uxore sua filium Constantinum" and his baptism "die sacro luminum"[1138]. Symeon Magister records that "Constantini Leonis filii ex Zoe" was born in the twentieth year of his father's reign[1139]. He is named "Constantinum, Leonis imperatoris filium" by Liudprand[1140]. Symeon Magister records that "Constantinum filium suum in Porphyra natum (πορφυρογέννητον)" was crowned "die sancto pentecostes" in the twentieth year of his father's reign[1141]. Theophanes Continuatus records that "Leo imperator filium Constantinum" was crowned "Augustum"[1142]. Theophanes Continuatus records that "Alexander…cum Constantino Leonis filio" succeeded after the death of Emperor Leon VI and ruled for one year and 22 days[1143]. He succeeded his paternal uncle in 913 as Emperor KONSTANTINOS VII, under a council of regency headed by Patriarch Nikolaos. Theophanes Continuatus records that "Constantinus" ruled for seven years with his mother after the death of his paternal uncle Alexander, a further 26 years "cum Romano socero suo…subiectus", and 15 years alone[1144]. Following his predecessor's refusal to pay the annual Bulgarian tribute, Symeon Prince of Bulgaria invaded Byzantium and arrived at Constantinople in Aug 913. After demanding the imperial crown, Symeon was obliged to compromise faced with the impenetrability of the city's defences, and was crowned Tsar and Autocrat of the Bulgarians at Constantinople 913 by the Patriarch[1145]. Theophanes Continuatus records the invasion by "Symeon Bulgariæ princeps", his arrival at Constantinople, his meeting with Patriarch Nikolaos and his return to Bulgaria[1146]. The concessions granted to Symeon triggered a palace revolution in which Patriarch Nikolaos was replaced as regent in 913 by Emperor Konstantinos's mother Zoe, who cancelled the betrothal of Symeon's daughter to her son. Symeon invaded Byzantium once more, Adrianople submitting to him in Sep 914. He defeated the Byzantine fleet at Anchialos on the Black Sea coast 20 Aug 917[1147], and the army at Katasyrtai near Constantinople in early 918, moving on to capture most of Greece north of Corinth. Following this disastrous war, Empress Zoe was replaced as regent by Romanos Lekapenos, whose history of more successful military campaigns provided a good basis for optimism that he could contain Bulgarian expansion. He married his daughter to the emperor, and was crowned co-emperor in Dec 920, Konstantinos VII being in effect demoted [20 May 921/Apr 922] although his name still appeared first on protocol lists[1148]. After Emperor Romanos I was deposed and banished by his sons 16 Dec 944, Konstantinos VII succeeded in imposing himself once more as sole emperor and in turn arrested and banished Stefanos and Konstantinos Lekapenos 27 Jan 945[1149]. Theophanes Continuatus records that "Constantinus…Romani gener" became emperor again in Dec "anno 6454"[1150]. A prolific writer, he composed among other works an encyclopaedia The Book of Ceremonies, a history of the provinces of the empire De administrando imperio, and a biography of his grandfather Emperor Basileios I. Cedrenus records the death 15 Nov of Emperor Konstantinos aged 54 years and two months and his burial "juxta patrem suum"[1151]. Theophanes Continuatus records the death 15 Nov of "Constantinus Porphyrogennetus imperator" aged 55 years and two months[1152]. Emperor Konstantinos VII's De Ceremoniis Aulæ records that "imperator Leo Sapiens Basilii filius et filius eius Constantinus Porphyrogenitus" were buried in the church of the Holy Apostles[1153], although this presumably represented the emperor’s plans for burial assuming that he was the author of this part of the text. Betrothed (913, contract broken 913) to --- of Bulgaria, daughter of SYMEON I Prince of Bulgaria & his second wife --- (before 913-). The betrothal of this unnamed daughter, at the same time as her father's coronation as Tsar, is referred to by Fine, who says that it was arranged as part of the negotiated settlement with Prince Symeon after he invaded Byzantium, but was annulled by Empress Zoe after she seized the regency[1154]. The primary source which confirms this daughter’s parentage and betrothal has not yet been identified. It is assumed that the daughter would have been little more than a child at the time of her betrothal, considering the birth date of her betrothed. It is therefore likely that she was born from her father's second marriage. m ([Apr] 919) HELENA Lekapene, daughter of ROMANOS Lekapenos [later Emperor ROMANOS I] & his [second] wife Theodora --- ([915]-19 Sep 961). Theophanes Continuatus records the marriage in Apr of "Constantino imperatore" and "Helenæ Romani filiæ…tertiaque paschæ", dated to just after the Bulgarian war of 918[1155]. "Romanos…filiam suam Helena" is named as wife of Emperor Konstantinos by Liudprand[1156]. No record has been found of her age at the time of her marriage. It is likely that she was very young as her son was born nearly twenty years after her marriage. Her father arranged this marriage to increase his influence with Emperor Konstantinos. Theophanes Continuatus records the death 19 Sep of "Helena Augusta" (in 961)[1157]. Emperor Konstantinos VI & his wife had six children: 1. ZOE . 2. ROMANOS ([938/39]-15 Mar 963) 3. THEODORA. 4. AGATHA . 5. THEOFANO . 6. ANNA .
   
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8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Constantine VII Emperor -
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9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Constantine VII Emperor -
   Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA