Leo Diogenes

Leo Diogenes
Emperor of the Romans
Byzantine co-emperor
Reignc. 1069 – November 1071
Senior emperorRomanos IV Diogenes
Co-emperorsNikephoros (1069–1071)
Michael VII (1071–1078)
Konstantios (1060–1078)
Andronikos (1068–1070s)
Bornc. 1069
Died14 August 1087[1] (aged 18)
Dristra
FatherRomanos IV Diogenes
MotherEudokia Makrembolitissa

Leo Diogenes (Greek: Λέων Διογένης, Leōn Diogenes, 1069 – 14 August 1087), styled as porphyrogenitus, was the son of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes and Eudokia Makrembolitissa. Likely crowned co-emperor during his father's reign, he later served in the armies of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. He does not appear on any of Romanos' coins, although there is at least one letter that refers to him as emperor (basileus).[2] Anna Komnene notes that he and his brother Nikephoros both wore the diadem and tzangion (red sandals) usually reserved to emperors.[3]

  1. ^ Meško, Marek (2012). Obnova byzantskej moci na Balkáne za vlády Alexia I. Komnéna: druhá byzantsko-pečenežská vojna (1083-1091) (in Slovak). Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. pp. 155–175. ISBN 978-80-558-0101-8.
  2. ^ PBW, Leon 15005.
  3. ^ Komnene, Book 9, Chapter 6