Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos

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Byzantine emperor medieval writer scholar-emperor

Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor renowned as a scholar-emperor and author of important works on imperial administration and court ceremony.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Constantine VII 8
Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII (nominally) 1
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (as sole emperor) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ
medieval writer ⓘ
scholar-emperor ⓘ
associatedWith Macedonian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 905 ⓘ
birthName Constantine Porphyrogennetos NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Church of the Holy Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
child Agatha (daughter of Constantine VII) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanos II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theodora Porphyrogenita NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theophano (daughter of Constantine VII) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zoe Porphyrogenita (daughter of Constantine VII) NERFINISHED ⓘ
coEmperorWith Alexander (Byzantine emperor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leo VI the Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanos I Lekapenos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanos II NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate 959 ⓘ
deathPlace Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty Macedonian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
epithet Porphyrogennetos NERFINISHED ⓘ
epithetMeaning born in the purple ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
father Leo VI the Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork court ceremony ⓘ
history ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ
governmentForm Byzantine autocracy ⓘ
knownFor codifying Byzantine court ceremonial ⓘ
compiling a handbook on foreign peoples and imperial policy ⓘ
patronage of learning and the arts ⓘ
languageOfWork Medieval Greek ⓘ
mentorOrAdvisor Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Zoe Karbonopsina NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork De Administrando Imperio NERFINISHED ⓘ
De Ceremoniis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vita Basilii NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Emperor of the Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Romanos I Lekapenos NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd 959 ⓘ
reignStart 913 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
residence Great Palace of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Helena Lekapene NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Romanos II NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Basileus Rhomaion NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Macedonian dynasty → hasMonarch → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
Macedonian dynasty → notableRuler → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
Middle Byzantine period → hasNotableEmperor → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
stemma (Byzantine imperial crown) → wornBy → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Leo VI the Wise → child → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Battle of Acheloos (917) → opponentLeader → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII (nominally)
Alexander of Byzantium → coRulerWith → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Alexander of Byzantium → successor → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Alexander of Byzantium → successorAsSeniorEmperor → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Romanos II → father → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Romanos II → predecessor → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Romanos II → coRulerWith → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII
Romanos I Lekapenos → relative → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
Romanos I Lekapenos → coRulerWith → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
Romanos I Lekapenos → successor → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
Romanos I Lekapenos → predecessor → Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (as sole emperor)