Constantine VIII

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Byzantine emperor human member of the Macedonian dynasty

Constantine VIII was a Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty who briefly ruled as sole emperor in the early 11th century.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Constantine VIII canonical	7

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine emperor ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
associated with	Constantinople imperial court ⓘ
birth year	960 ⓘ
birthplace	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
burial place	Church of the Holy Apostles ⓘ
capital during reign	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
child	Eudokia (daughter of Constantine VIII) ⓘ Theodora Porphyrogenita ⓘ Zoe Porphyrogenita ⓘ
coronation as co-emperor	962 ⓘ
country of citizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
date of birth	960 ⓘ
date of death	15 November 1028 ⓘ
death place	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
death year	1028 ⓘ
dynasty	Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
end of reign as co-emperor	1025 ⓘ
end of reign as sole emperor	1028 ⓘ
era	Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
father	Romanos II ⓘ
given name	Constantine ⓘ
held by office	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ surface form: Basileus Rhomaion
historical period	11th century ⓘ
house or family	Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
language of work or name	Greek ⓘ
mother	Theophano ⓘ
native language	Medieval Greek ⓘ
noble title	Zoe Porphyrogenita ⓘ surface form: Porphyrogennetos
notable for	brief sole rule of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ long tenure as co-emperor without active rule ⓘ
position held	Byzantine emperor ⓘ co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ senior emperor of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Basil II ⓘ
regnal name	Constantine VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
sex or gender	male ⓘ
sibling	Anna Porphyrogenita ⓘ Basil II ⓘ Theophano ⓘ surface form: Theophano (daughter of Romanos II)
spouse	Helena (wife of Constantine VIII) ⓘ
start of reign as co-emperor	962 ⓘ
start of reign as sole emperor	1025 ⓘ
style	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
successor	Romanos III Argyros ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macedonian dynasty → hasMonarch → Constantine VIII ⓘ

Basil II → sibling → Constantine VIII ⓘ

Basil II → successor → Constantine VIII ⓘ

Basil II → coEmperorWith → Constantine VIII ⓘ

Anna Porphyrogenita → sibling → Constantine VIII ⓘ

Romanos II → child → Constantine VIII ⓘ

John I Tzimiskes → successor → Constantine VIII ⓘ