Basil Lekapenos
Basil Lekapenos | |
|---|---|
| Proedros of the Senate | |
| Parakoimomenos 963 – 985 | |
| Monarchs | Basil II John I Tzimiskes Nikephoros II Phokas |
| Preceded by | Joseph Bringas |
| Patrikios | |
| Parakoimomenos 947/8 – 959 | |
| Monarch | Constantine VII |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Bringas |
| Protospatharios(?) | |
| Protovestiarios c. 940 – 945 | |
| Monarchs | Constantine VII Romanos I Lekapenos |
Basil Lekapenos (Greek: Βασίλειος Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Basíleios Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; c. 925 – c. 985), also called the Parakoimomenos (ὁ παρακοιμώμενος) or the Nothos (ὁ Νόθος, "the Bastard"), was an illegitimate child of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos. He served as the grand chamberlain and chief minister of the Byzantine Empire for most of the period 947 to 985, under emperors Constantine VII (his brother-in-law), Romanos II (his nephew), Nikephoros II Phokas, John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II (his great nephew).