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In June 913, as his uncle Alexander lay dying, he appointed a seven-man regency council for Constantine. He was symbolically elevated to the throne as a two-year-old child by his father and uncle on May 15, 908. To help legitimize him, his mother gave birth to him in the Purple Room of the imperial palace, hence his nickname Porphyrogennetos. Sons born to a reigning Emperor held precedence in the Eastern Roman line of succession over elder sons not born 'in the purple'. Nevertheless, the epithet allowed him to underline his position as the legitimized son, as opposed to all others who claimed the throne during his lifetime. Constantine was also born in this room, although his mother Zoe had not been married to Leo at that time. His nickname alludes to the Purple Room of the imperial palace, decorated with porphyry, where legitimate children of reigning emperors were normally born. Most of his reign was dominated by co-regents: from 913 until 919 he was under the regency of his mother, while from 920 until 945 he shared the throne with Romanos Lekapenos, whose daughter Helena he married, and his sons. He was the son of the emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Karbonopsina, and the nephew of his predecessor, the emperor Alexander.

KЕЌnstantinos VII PorphyrogennД“tos 17вЂ“18 May 905 вЂ“ 9 November 959) was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 913 to 959. Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus ('the Purple-born', that is, born in the porphyry (a hard, purple-colored, decorative stone) paneled imperial bed chambers Greek: ОљП‰ОЅПѓП„О±ОЅП„бї–ОЅОїП‚ О–О„ О ОїПЃП†П…ПЃОїОіООЅОЅО·П„ОїП‚, translit.

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