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Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus (Greek: Στέφανος Λακαπηνός; died 18 April 963) was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (r. 920–944) and co-emperor from 924 to 945. Along with his younger brother Constantine he deposed Romanos I in December 944 only to be themselves overthrown and exiled by the legitimate emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959) a few weeks later. Stephen lived out his life in exile on the island of Lesbos where he died on Easter 963.
