Lekapenos

Lekapenos (Greek: Λεκαπηνός) or Lakapenos (Greek: Λακαπηνός), usually Latinized as Lecapenus or Lacapenus, feminine form Lekapene (Greek: Λεκαπηνή) or Lakapene (Greek: Λακαπηνή), Latinized as Lecapene or Lacapene, was the name of a prominent, assumed, Byzantine-Armenian family of humble background which intermarried with and almost managed to usurp the throne from the Macedonian dynasty in the first half of the 10th century.