Leon VI "the Wise" Emperor of Byzantium

Michael/Basil Byzantium

Eudocia Ingerina

Leon VI "the Wise" Emperor of Byzantium
(866-912)

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Spouses/Children:
Zoe Tzautzina

Anna of Byzantium+

Leon VI "the Wise" Emperor of Byzantium

Born: 1 Sep 866, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Marriage: Zoe Tzautzina ¹⁶⁰ ^,1003
Died: 11 May 912, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire at age 45
Buried: Constantinople Church of the Holy Apostles ¹⁰⁰³

General Notes:

~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 141A:15-16, Leon VI, Emperor of Byzantium, married Zoe Tzautzina, previously his mistress. Leon was the son of Eudocia Ingerina, mistress of Michael III, emperor of Byzantium who married Basil I, Emperor of Byzantium. It is uncertain whether Michael or Basil was Leon's father. ¹⁶⁰

Information about this person:

• Background Information. ¹⁰⁰³
Leon, son of Basileios I and his second wife Evdokia Ingerina. Leon succeeded his father in 886 as Emperor Leon VI "the Wise." Leon was a man of letters who wrote poetry and 60 volumes of new legal codes. Leon's first wife was Theofano, daughter of Konstantinos Martiniakos. His second wife was Zoe Zautzina, widow of Theodoros Gouniatzizes and the daughter of Stylianos Zauztes. His second wife was the mother of his daughter Anna.

Leon married Zoe Tzautzina ¹⁶⁰.^,1003 (Zoe Tzautzina died 901-early 904 ¹⁰⁰³.)

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