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Name:  Alexander
Brief biography:  Byzantine Emperor 912-913, member of the Macedonian dynasty.
Nationality:  Byzantine
Occupation:  Emperor
Date of birth:  870
Place of birth:  Istanbul
Period of rule:  912-913
Date of death:  913
Place of death:  Istanbul

Alexander was the third son of Basil I, and co-emperor with his father, and brother Leo VI, from 879, becomeing senior emperor upon his brother's death in 912. He is not well regarded by written sources and sidelined his nephew and co-emperor, Constantine VII.

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