Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Responsive image


Alexander (Byzantine emperor)

Alexander
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Mosaic of Emperor Alexander in Hagia Sophia. He wears a loros and holds the akakia in his right hand.
Byzantine emperor
Reign11 May 912 – 6 June 913
Coronationc. September 879[a]
PredecessorLeo VI
SuccessorConstantine VII
Born23 November 870[4]
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died6 June 913 (aged 42)
Regnal name
Alexander Augustus[5]
DynastyMacedonian
FatherBasil I
MotherEudokia Ingerina

Alexander[b] (Greek: Άλέξανδρος, Alexandros, 23 November 870 – 6 June 913) was briefly Byzantine emperor from 912 to 913, and the third emperor of the Macedonian dynasty.

  1. ^ "Alexandros (#20328)". De Gruyter.
  2. ^ Tougher 1996, pp. 475–476.
  3. ^ Mango, Cyril (2018) [1958]. The Homilies of Photius. Dumbarton Oaks studies. Vol. 3. p. 179. ISBN 9781532641381.
  4. ^ Grierson 1973, p. 475.
  5. ^ Coinage from 912-913, unlike the coins issued during his co-rules, refers to him as Alexandros Augustos
  6. ^ Browning 1980, p. 297.
  7. ^ Haldon 2005, p. 176.
  8. ^ Lawler 2015, p. 37.
  9. ^ Jenkins 1999, p. 101.
  10. ^ Granier 2018, p. 224.
  11. ^ Tougher 1996, p. 209.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).


Previous Page Next Page