Lacapins

The family tomb of Lakapinov - Mireleion in Constantinople.

Lacapins or Lekapeni - the Armenian ^[1] dynasty in Byzantium, first advanced in the person of Theophylact Avastakt , who saved the life of Emperor Vasily I in battle with the Saracens.

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Origin

The name of the genus comes from the geographical area of Lacapa , located near Melitena . The founder of the dynasty was Feofilakt Avastakt, who saved the life of Emperor Vasily I of Macedonian. He is usually considered a peasant, but according to J. L. van Dieten, he belonged to the nobility ^[2] . His son reached the imperial throne under the name of Roman I. His daughter Elena was married off to Emperor Constantine VII , the son of Theophylact, at the age of sixteen, was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople , and his granddaughter Maria married off to Tsar Peter of Bulgaria . The overthrow of the aged Roman by sons ( 944 ) led to the departure of the clan from the political scene, with the exception of Theophylact (who remained the patriarch until 956 ) and the bastard son of the eunuch Vasily .

Brief Generational Gender List

Theophylact Avastact - the founder of the dynasty

Roman I Lacapine (c. 870–948) - Byzantine emperor (920–944)
1. Elena Lakapina (late 9th century / early 10th century - 961) - wife of Emperor Constantine VII
2. Christopher Lakapin (end of the 9th century / beginning of the 10th century - 931) - Byzantine emperor (921–931), co-ruler of Roman I
  1. Maria (Irina) Lakapina - wife of the Bulgarian Tsar Peter I
  2. Roman Lakapin - Byzantine Caesar (927–945), formal co-ruler of Roman I and Constantine VII
  3. Mikhail Lakapin - Byzantine Caesar (931–945), formal co-ruler of Roman I and Constantine VII
3. Agatha Lakapina is the wife of Roman Argir (and, thus, the grandmother of Emperor Roman III )
4. Stefan Lakapin - Byzantine emperor (924–945), co-ruler of Roman I and Constantine VII
5. Konstantin Lakapin - Byzantine emperor (924–945), co-ruler of Roman I and Constantine VII
  1. Roman ^[3]
6. Theophylact (? - 956) - Patriarch of Constantinople (933–956)
7. daughter
8. daughter - wife of Roman Saronit
9. Vasily Lakapin - de facto ruler of Byzantium in 945–985 (intermittently), illegitimate son of Roman I

Notes

↑ Lekapenos // The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium / Editor in chief Alexander P. Kazhan. - Oxford University Press, 1991. - Vol. 2. - P. 1203.
↑ Kazhdan A.P. Ch. 1. Part 3. Lakapins // Armenians in the ruling class of the Byzantine Empire in the 11-12 centuries. - AN ArmSSR, 1973. - S. 11-13.
↑ Runciman S. The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium . - Cambridge, Mass .: Cambridge University Press, 1999 .-- S. 78.

Literature

Lacapenes // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

[1] Lekapenos // The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium / Editor in chief Alexander P. Kazhan. - Oxford University Press, 1991. - Vol. 2. - P. 1203.

[2] Kazhdan A.P. Ch. 1. Part 3. Lakapins // Armenians in the ruling class of the Byzantine Empire in the 11-12 centuries. - AN ArmSSR, 1973. - S. 11-13.

[3] Runciman S. The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium . - Cambridge, Mass .: Cambridge University Press, 1999 .-- S. 78.