Romanos I Lekapenos

Bornc. 870
Lakape
(modern-day Turkey)Died15 June 948 (aged 77–78)Burial

Myrelaion Monastery
(modern-day Istanbul)

Dynasty Macedonian/LekapenosFatherTheophylaktos Abastaktos

Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (Greek: Ῥωμανός Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Rōmanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; c. 870 – 15 June 948), Latinized as Romanus I Lacapenus or Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for and senior co-ruler of the young Constantine VII.