-the macedonian dynasty-

.

*as of ‘9 NOVEMBER 2023’*

.

[867 – 1056]

[189 YEARS]

[18 EMPERORS/EMPRESSES]

*AVERAGE REIGN* —> [~10.5 YEARS]

[‘CONSTANTINE 7’ WAS THE 4TH + 6TH EMPEROR]

[‘THEODORA’ WAS THE 16TH + 18TH (FINAL) EMPRESS]

.

1

BASIL 1

(THE MACEDONIAN)

(867 – 886)

(19 YEARS)

.

2

LEO 6

(THE WISE)

(886 – 912)

(26 YEARS)

.

3

ALEXANDER

(912 – 913)

(1 YEAR)

.

4

-CONSTANTINE 7-

(913 – 920)

(7 YEARS)

.

5

-ROMANOS 1-

(LEKAPENOS)

(920 – 944)

(22 YEARS)

.

6

-CONSTANTINE 7-

(THE RESTORATION)

(944 – 959)

(15 YEARS)

.

7

ROMANOS 2

(THE ‘PURPLE BORN’)

(son of ‘constantine 7’)

(959 – 963)

(4 YEARS)

.

8

NIKEPHOROS 2

(PHOKAS)

(963 – 969)

(6 YEARS)

.

9

JOHN 1

(TZIMISKES)

(969 – 976)

(7 YEARS)

.

10

BASIL 2

(976 – 1025)

(49 YEARS)

we have a winner!

way to go!

.

11

CONSTANTINE 8

(1025 – 1028)

(3 YEARS)

boo!

.

12

ZOE

(1028 – 1050)

(22 YEARS)

.

13

ROMANOS 3

(ARGYROS)

(husband of ‘zoe’)

(co-ruler)

(murdered)

(1028 – 1034)

(6 YEARS)

.

14

MICHAEL 4

(1034 – 1041)

(7 YEARS)

.

15

MICHAEL 5

(1041 – 1042)

(1 YEAR)

.

16

-THEODORA-

(1042)

(1 YEAR)

.

17

-CONSTANTINE 9

(MONOMACHOS)

(11 june 1042 – 11 january 1055)

(13 YEARS)

.

18

-THEODORA-

(the ‘restoration’)

(1055 – 1056)

(2 YEARS)

.

-the macedonian dynasty ruled the ‘byzantine empire’ from 867 to 1056, following the ‘amorian dynasty’)

.

(during this period, the Byzantine state reached its greatest expanse since the Muslim conquests, and the Macedonian Renaissance in letters and arts began)

.

(the dynasty was named after its founder, ‘Basil I the Macedonian’ who came from the Theme of Macedonia which at the time was part of ‘thrace’)

.

.

*👨‍🔬🕵️‍♀️🙇‍♀️*SKETCHES*🙇‍♂️👩‍🔬🕵️‍♂️*

.

📚📖|/\-*WIKI-LINK*-/\|📖📚

.

.

👈👈👈 ☜ *-THE AMORIAN DYNASTY- (820 – 867)*

.

*-THE KOMNENID DYNASTY- (1057 – 1059)* ☞ 👉👉👉

.

.

👈👈👈☜*“BYZANTINE EMPERORS* ☞ 👉👉👉

.

.

💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘

.

.

*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*

.

.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥