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Lekapenos (Gr****: Λεκαπηνός; Armenian: Լեկափենոսներ) or
Lakapenos (Λακαπηνός),
usually Latinized as Leca****,
feminine form
Lekapene (Λεκαπηνή), was the...
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Constantine VII,
something which compounded the latter's
resentment towards the
Lekapenoi, the Bulgarians, and
imperial marriages to
outsiders (as do****ented in...
- sources, this was
because the
patriarch castigated the
avarice of the
Lekapenoi and
their relatives. He was at
Constantine VII's side
during his final...
- he was a
patrikios and a high-ranking general.
After the fall of the
Lekapenoi clan,
Constantine VII
appointed Bardas as
Domestic of the Schools, while...
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before being replaced by
Bardas Phokas the
Elder after the
downfall of the
Lekapenoi from power. The most
distinguished scion of the family,
Bardas Skleros...
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sidelined under Romanos I. He
supported Constantine VII's coup
against the
Lekapenoi and was
named magistros and
Domestic in return. His
military record was...
- A few w****s later, on 26 January,
another coup
removed the two
young Lekapenoi from
power and
restored the sole
imperial authority to
Constantine VII...
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Lekapenoi, who
joined their father in exile. It
appears that
Marianos had
changed sides in time, for he parti****ted in the
arrest of the
Lekapenoi....
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urging of
their sister, the
Augusta Helena,
another coup
removed the two
Lekapenoi from
power and
restored the sole
imperial authority to
Constantine VII...
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which of his two wives. This
Romanos was
castrated in 945,
after the
Lekapenoi lost power, to
prevent him from
claiming the
Byzantine throne. He nevertheless...
