Leo VI Emperor Of Byzantine Empire

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ID: I561597792
Name: Leo VI Emperor of Byzantine EMPIRE
Given Name: Leo VI Emperor of Byzantine
Surname: Empire
Sex: M
Birth: 19 Sep 866 in Constantinople,Turkey 1
Death: 12 May 912 1
Event: Ruled Unknown 886-912 1
Note:
The question of whether Leo's father was Basil I or Michael IIIis,according to Todd Farmerie, unresolvable, despite what any author'sgiveas proof, and despite who the people at the time might have thoughtwasthe father. They wouldn't have known for sure then, and wecouldn'tnow. So, take your pick? See Todd's post to SGM, 29 May 1998,below:

From: Todd A. Farmerie (taf2@po.cwru.edu)
Subject: Re: Father of Leo VI Philosophus
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1998/05/29

KHF333@aol.com wrote:
>
> This is from Sir Ian Moncreiffe, Royal Highness, p. 59. He says thatLeoVI
> was almost certainly NOT the child of Basil I and was much morelikelythe
> child of Michael III, the Drunkard. Odd as it may seem, I've seenthatsame
> kind of description in three other places. I've never seen a complete
> argument as to why that would be so, but the modern authors arealldumping
> Basil I in favor of Michael III. I think we have to send it backtoMichael
> III as father of Leo VI. JAMS, Vol. VI, #77, table 12 agreeswithMoncreiffe.
> - Marlyn Lewis
>
> Does anyone know how to resolve this dilemma?
>

The question can be summed up real simply. A year or so before Leo cametobe, Michael married his mistress (Leo's mother) to Basil. Short of atimemachine and a DNA test we will not be able to resolve thequestion.Whatever he might have suspected (and it has been argued thathemistreated Leo because he suspected that Leo really wasn't his son)Idoubt Basil knew, (same for Michael) and perhaps even the motherdidn't.Moncreiffe is overstating the case.

taf


Father: Basil I Emperor of Byzantine EMPIRE b: 812 inAdrianople,Adria,Turkey
Mother: Eudoxia INGERINA b: Abt 840 in Byzantium

Marriage 1 Zoe DARBONOPSINA b: Abt 870 in Constantinople,Turkey
Married: 898 in 2nd wife,previously his mistress 1
Children
Anna Princess of Byzantine EMPIRE b: Abt 887 in Constantinople,Turkey
Constantine VII Emperor of Byzantine EMPIRE b: Sep 905 inConstantinople,Byzantine Empire

Sources:
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, byFrederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.
Page: 141a-16

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage Contract, 898. Y

Leo married Zoe Darbonopsina. (Zoe Darbonopsina was born about 870 in Constantinople, Turkey.)