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en-wikipedia-org-2646		Stephen Lekapenos - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2240	327	68	Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Στέφανος Λακαπηνός, Stéphanos Lakapenós; died 18 April 963) was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. With his younger brother Constantine, he deposed Romanos I in December 944, but was overthrown and exiled by the legitimate emperor Constantine VII (r. Within a year, he successively rose from basileopator to Caesar, and was eventually crowned senior emperor on 17 December 920.[3][4] To consolidate his hold on power, and with a view of supplanting the ruling Macedonian dynasty with his own family, he raised his eldest son Christopher to co-emperor in May 921, while Stephen and Constantine were proclaimed co-emperors on 25 December 924.[4][5] In 943, Romanos drafted a will which would leave Constantine VII as the senior emperor following his death. Constantine IV with brothers Heraclius and Tiberius and then Justinian II as co-emperors Romanos I Lekapenos with sons Christopher, Stephen and Constantine as junior co-emperors	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2646.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2646.txt