Leo IV the Khazar
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Leo IV the Khazar was Byzantine emperor from 775 to 780 AD. He was born to Emperor Constantine V and Empress Tzitzak in 750. He was elevated to co-emperor in the next year, in 751, and married to Iren
Solidus of Leo IV and his son Constantine VI
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Constantine VI
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Constantine VI, sometimes called the Blind, was Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797. The only child of Emperor Leo IV, Constantine was named co-emperor with him at the age of five in 776 and succeeded h
Leo IV the Khazar
…Syria, decisively defeating the Abbasid army outside of Germanikeia. Leo died on 8 September 780, of tuberculosis. He was succeeded by his underage son Constantine VI, with Irene serving as regent. Leo IV was born on 25 January 750 AD, to Emperor Constantine V and his first wife, Empress Tzitzak who had been given…
Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV (left), with Constantine VI and Irene (right)
Depiction of the Second Council of Nicaea from the Menologion of Basil II, c. 1000
The 2nd Council of Nicaea depicted in a Bulgarian miniature of the 12th century Manasses Chronicle