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Romanos ' choice fell on an innkeeper's daughter named Anastaso, whom he married in 956 and renamed Theophano.
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Romanos and choice
Never having forgiven her sister for being their father ’ s first choice for Romanos ' wife, Zoe convinced Romanos to appoint one of his own men as the chief of Theodora ’ s household, with orders to spy on Theodora.
Her next choice was the married Constantine Atroklines, a court official, with whom it was rumoured that she ’ d had an affair with during the reign of Romanos III.
Romanos and fell
Theophano was renowned for her great beauty and heir apparent Romanos fell in love with her around the year 956 and married her over the strenuous objections of his father.
Romanos and on
In 1067, he had been considered as a possible husband for the empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa, widowed wife of Constantine X, but she eventually set her heart on Romanos IV Diogenes.
To solidify his position, on the death of his second wife Nikephoros III sought to marry Eudokia Makrembolitissa, the mother of Michael VII and the widow of Constantine X and Romanos IV.
Romanos I Lekapenos ( or Romanus I Lecapenus ) ( Greek: Ρωμανός Α ΄ Λακαπήνος, Rōmanos I Lakapēnos ; ) ( circa 870 – June 15, 948 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 920 until his deposition on December 16, 944.
On September 14, 920, Romanos was invested as kaisar ( Caesar ), and finally on December 17 of the same year he was crowned co-emperor, becoming the effective head of the Byzantine Empire.
From this point on, Romanos ' government was free from direct military confrontation with Bulgaria.
In 933 Romanos took advantage of a vacancy on the patriarchal throne to name his young son Theophylaktos patriarch of Constantinople.
In November 959 Romanos II succeeded his father on the throne, among rumors that he or his wife had contributed to the death of Constantine VII by poisoning him.
After a lengthy hunting expedition Romanos II took ill and died on March 15, 963.
Romanos II's reliance on his wife and on bureaucrats like Joseph Bringas had resulted in a relatively capable administration, but this built up resentment among the nobility, which was associated with the military.
The marriage took place on November 12, 1028, and three days later Constantine VIII died, leaving Romanos III as emperor.
Gold histamenon of Romanos IV: Michael VII Doukas flanked by his brothers Andronikos Doukas ( co-emperor ) | Andronikos and Konstantios Doukas | Konstantios on the obverse, Romanos IV and Eudokia Makrembolitissa crowned by Christ on the reverse
Romanos therefore decided that he could only exercise his authority by placing himself at the head of the army in the field, thereby focusing the whole government's attention on the war against the Turks.
Romanos was confident of Byzantine superiority on the field of battle, looking on the Turks as little more than hordes of robbers who would melt away at the first encounter.
Intelligent, and possessing a strong and austere character, Theodora defied her father by refusing to marry the man he had chosen to succeed him, Romanos Argyros, on the pretext that, firstly, Romanos was already married – his wife having become a monastic to allow Romanos to marry into the imperial family.
Hearing the rumours, Romanos was concerned and confronted Michael, but he denied the accusations, swearing his innocence on some holy relics.
Then, on April 11, 1034, Zoe ’ s husband, Romanos III was found dead in his bath.
Adding weight to the rumours was the speed with which Zoe and Michael were married, on the very day that Romanos III died.
Romanos and daughter
Though Otto I preferred Byzantine Princess Anna Porphyrogenita, daughter of former Byzantine Emperor Romanos II, as she was born in the purple, her age ( then only five years old ) prevented serious consideration by the East.
The Empire thus passed to his daughter Zoe, whom he had married to Romanos Argyros.
Embarrassed by further failures, she and her supporters were supplanted in 919 by the admiral Romanos Lekapenos, who married his daughter Helena Lekapene to Constantine VII and finally advanced to the imperial throne in 920.
In September 927 Peter arrived before Constantinople and married Maria ( renamed Eirene, " Peace "), the daughter of his eldest son and co-emperor Christopher, and thus Romanos ' granddaughter.
Romanos II was a son of Emperor Constantine VII and Helena Lekapene, the daughter of Emperor Romanos I and his wife Theodora.
Named after his maternal grandfather, Romanos was married, as a child, to Bertha, the illegitimate daughter of Hugh of Arles, King of Italy, who changed her name to Eudokia after her marriage.
Romanos II probably never consummated his first marriage to Bertha of Italy ( daughter of Hugh of Italy
Romanos attracted the attention of Constantine VIII, who forced him to divorce his wife ( sending her into a monastery ) and to marry the emperor's daughter Zoe.
By his first wife Helena, Romanos III Argyros had a daughter, who was engaged to Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.
His mother was an anonymous daughter of Basil Argyros, brother of the emperor Romanos III.
He owed his elevation to Empress Zoe, daughter of Emperor Constantine VIII and wife of Romanos III Argyros.
In 968, Liutprand was sent to Constantinople to arrange a marriage between the daughter of the late Emperor Romanos II and the future Holy Roman Emperor Otto II.
Most of his reign was dominated by other co-regents: from 913 until 919, he was under the regency of his mother, while from 920 until 945, he shared his throne with Romanos Lekapenos, whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons.
Zoe was no more successful with the Bulgarians, by whom her main supporter, the general Leo Phokas, was defeated in 917, and in 919 she was replaced as regent by the admiral Romanos Lekapenos, who married his daughter Helena Lekapene to Constantine.
By his wife Helena Lekapene, the daughter of Emperor Romanos I, Constantine VII had several children, including:
Romanos betrothed his daughter Helena Lekapene to Constantine and advanced to the rank of co-emperor in December 920, effectively assuming the government of the empire, which was largely what Simeon had planned to do.
In 919, there was a coup involving various factions, but the opposition to Zoe and Leo Phokas prevailed ; in the end the admiral Romanos Lekapenos took power, married his daughter Helena Lekapene to Constantine VII, and forced Zoe back into a convent.
By another, low-born mistress named Pezola, and whom the people called Venerem, Hugh had a daughter, Bertha, who married the Byzantine Emperor Romanos II and took the name Eudokia ( Eudocia ).
Helena was a daughter of Basil Argyros, brother of the emperor Romanos, and the marriage was a diplomatic effort to establish a strategic association.
Anna was the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Romanos II and the Empress Theophano.
Although she proclaimed her innocence, the fact that she secured a marriage for her daughter, Theodora, to Constantine, son of Romanos IV, makes it very likely that she was still intriguing to restore Romanos to the throne.
**** Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ( 905 – 959 ), married Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos
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