Romanos II

Romanos II
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Idealized portrait of a young Romanos II (aged 7–11), from the Romanos Ivory, AD 945–949
Byzantine emperor
Reign9 November 959 –
15 March 963
Coronation6 April 945 as co-emperor
PredecessorConstantine VII
SuccessorNikephoros II
Co-emperorsConstantine VII (945–959)
Basil II (960–963)
Constantine VIII (962–963)
Born938
Died15 March 963
(aged 24–25)
SpouseBertha-Eudokia of Arles
Theophano
IssueHelena
Basil II
Constantine VIII
Anna Porphyrogenita
DynastyMacedonian
FatherConstantine VII
MotherHelena Lekapene

Romanos II (Greek: Ῥωμανός, romanizedRōmanos; 938 – 15 March 963) was Byzantine Emperor from 959 to 963. He succeeded his father Constantine VII at the age of twenty-one and died suddenly and mysteriously four years later. His wife Theophano helped their sons Basil II and Constantine VIII to ultimately succeed him in 976.