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Constantine VII

905 - 959

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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, Kōnstantinos Porphyrogennētos; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina, and the nephew of his predecessor Alexander. Most of his reign was dominated by co-regents: from 913 until 919 he was under the regency of his mother, while from 920 until 945 he shared the throne with Romanos Lekapenos, whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Constantine VII has received more than 732,266 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Constantine VII is the 179th most popular writer (down from 176th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Writer.

Constantine VII is most famous for his reign as Byzantine Emperor from 913 to 959. He was the son of Romanos I Lekapenos, and the grandson of Emperor Romanos I. Constantine VII had a long and prosperous reign, but he is best known for his military achievements.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Constantine VII ranks 179 out of 5,755Before him are Karel Čapek, J. D. Salinger, Petronius, Lope de Vega, Diogenes Laërtius, and Dale Carnegie. After him are John the Evangelist, Juvenal, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Georges Simenon, Sigrid Undset, and François-René de Chateaubriand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 905, Constantine VII ranks 1After him are Berthold, Duke of Bavaria, Al-Mustakfi, and Abu al-Misk Kafur. Among people deceased in 959, Constantine VII ranks 1After him are Eadwig and Pietro III Candiano.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Constantine VII ranks 82 out of 1,301Before him are Lucian (120), Anacreon (-570), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Abdulmejid II (1868), and Aristotle Onassis (1906). After him are Theodosius II (401), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Abdülaziz (1830), Mustafa IV (1779), Valerian (200), and Manuel I Komnenos (1118).

Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Constantine VII ranks 4Before him are Hesiod (-800), Lucian (120), and Anacreon (-570). After him are Orhan Pamuk (1952), Anna Komnene (1083), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Yunus Emre (1240), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Novatian (220), and Theodore the Studite (759).