id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7704 Christopher Lekapenos - Wikipedia .html text/html 1813 265 65 Christopher Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Χριστόφορος Λακαπηνός, romanized: Christóphoros Lakapenōs) was the eldest son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. Romanos, in order to give his family precedence over the more Macedonian line, raised Christopher to co-emperor on 21 May 921. Younger siblings were Agatha, who married Romanos Argyros, Stephen and Constantine (co-emperors from 924 until 945), Theophylact (Patriarch of Constantinople in 933–956), and two unnamed younger sisters.[1][2] To further cement his position, and planning to advance his own family over the legitimate Macedonian line, Romanos crowned Christopher also as co-emperor on 20 May 921.[3][6][7] Furthermore, when Christopher's mother, the Augusta Theodora, died in February 922, his wife Sophia was raised to the dignity of Augusta alongside Helena Lekapene.[8] Constantine III with son Constans II 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-7704.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7704.txt