Alexander (Byzantine emperor) (Person)
Alexander (Byzantine emperor)
870 AD - 913 AD
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 912 - 913
Alexander was described as lazy, lecherous, drunk, and malignant, including the rumor that he planned to castrate the young Constantine VII in order to exclude him from the succession.
He did not castrate him, but did leave his successor a hostile regent (Nicholas Mystikos) and the beginning of a long war against Bulgaria.
He is also accused of idolatry, including making pagan sacrifices to the golden statue of a boar in the Hippodrome in hope of curing his impotence
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