Macedonian Dynasty - Family Tree

Family Tree

  • Basil I the Macedonian (813–886)
    • from his marriage to Maria:
      • Constantine (865–878), co-emperor with his father
      • Anastasia
    • from his marriage to empress Eudokia Ingerina:
      • Leo VI the Wise (866–912)
        • Eudokia (died 892)
        • Anna
        • Basil (died 900)
        • Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (905–959), married Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos
          • Romanos II (938–963)
            • childless by his marriage to Bertha of Italy
            • from his marriage to Theophano:
              • Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer (957–1025)
              • Constantine VIII (961–1028)
                • Eudokia
                • Zoe (980–1050), married:
                  1. Romanos III Argyros (ca. 968–1034)
                  2. Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1015–1042)
                  3. Constantine IX Monomachos (ca. 1000–1055)
                • Theodora (980–1056)
              • Anna Porphyrogeneta(963–1011), married Vladimir I of Kiev
          • Agathe
          • Eirene Lakapena, married Peter I of Bulgaria
          • Theodora, married John I Tzimiskes
      • Alexander (870–913)
      • Stephen I (870–893), Patriarch of Constantinople

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