Macedonicos, Emperor Leo VI

Male 866 - 912  (45 years)


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  • Name Macedonicos, Leo  [1, 2
    Title Emperor 
    Suffix VI 
    Birth 19 Sep 866  Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Appointments / Titles 886  [1
    Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 
    Nickname The Wise 
    FSID L5P9-K8Y  [1, 3
    Death 11 May 912  Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Burial Aft 11 May 912  Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I34431  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father Macedonicos, Emperor Basileos I,   b. 827, Charioupolis, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 886, Church of the Holy Apostles (Historical), Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ingerina, Eudoxia,   b. 838, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 882, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 855  Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Karbonopsina, Zoe,   b. 865, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 899, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jan 906  Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Emperor Constantine VII,   b. 17 May 905, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 959, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [natural]
     2. de Constantinople, Anne,   b. 880, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 901, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F13573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Sep 866 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Jan 906 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 May 912 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 11 May 912 - Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Leo VI 'the Wise', Emperor of Constantinople was the son of Basil I 'the Macedonian', Emperor of Constantinople. He died in 912.

      He held the office of Co-regent of Constantinople in 870, and succeeded as Emperor Leo VI of Constantinople in 886.

      Child of Leo VI 'the Wise', Emperor of Constantinople
      Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of Constantinople (904-959)

      Citations
      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.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_VI_the_Wise
      https://www.geni.com/people/Leo-VI-The-Wise-Byzantine-Emperor/6000000000437064603

      Imperador de 886-912.
      (Cf. Souto, Dom Saul Palma e Dornelles, Homero Corrêa Pires. Livro Família Leães e sua Ascendência. Alegrete-RS-Brasil. 2010)

  • Sources 
    1. [S790] WORLD: Family Search, Ancestral File.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/genealogies

    2. [S2774] WORLD: Family Search, Books.
      https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/

    3. [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name