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Stephen Lekapenos

901 - 963

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Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Ancient Greek: Στέφανος Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Stéphanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; died 18 April 963) was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944), and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his younger brother Constantine, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, but they were overthrown and exiled a few weeks later by their brother in law, the legitimate emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Lekapenos is the 14,061st most popular politician (down from 11,446th in 2019), the 1,081st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 920th in 2019) and the 465th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stephen Lekapenos ranks 14,061 out of 19,576Before him are Gillis Bildt, Sankhenre Sewadjtu, Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia, Jane Pierce, Andrei Kozyrev, and Tang Jingsong. After him are Grigory Gershuni, Pedro Vélez, Dimitrie Brătianu, Baltasar Garzón, Racho Petrov, and Leonid Tibilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 901, Stephen Lekapenos ranks 17Before him are Irene Lekapene, Mumadona Dias, Vitale Candiano, Pietro III Candiano, Oda of Haldensleben, and Smbat II of Armenia.  Among people deceased in 963, Stephen Lekapenos ranks 4Before him are Romanos II, Alp-Tegin, and William III, Duke of Aquitaine.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Stephen Lekapenos ranks 1,081 out of 1,347Before him are Charles Gérard (1922), Aristeidis Moraitinis (1806), Kadir Topbaş (1945), Refik Saydam (1881), Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), and Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia (-150). After him are Orhan Kemal (1914), Halil Pasha (1857), Oppian (101), Morphia of Melitene (1010), Cemal Süreya (1931), and Wasfi Tal (1919).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Stephen Lekapenos ranks 465Before him are Isaac Komnenos (1050), Gregoria (700), Şemsettin Günaltay (1883), Aristeidis Moraitinis (1806), Refik Saydam (1881), and Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia (-150). After him are Wasfi Tal (1919), Konstantios Doukas (1060), Constantine Lekapenos (930), Mihri Müşfik Hanım (1886), Hasan Saka (1885), and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (70).