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Birth:          ABT  910 
Death:          ABT  966 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_II_of_Bulgaria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Lekapene
Irene Lekapene (born Maria; Bulgarian: ????? ????????, Greek: ?a??a/?????? ?a?
ap???, died ca. 966) was the Empress consort of Peter I of Bulgaria. She was ? 
daughter of Christopher Lekapenos, son and co-emperor of Romanos I, and his wife 
Augusta Sophia.[1]

To prove himself a worthy successor to his father both at home and in the eyes of 
foreign governments, Bulgaria's new emperor Peter I made a show of force by invading 
Byzantine Thrace in May 927, but showed himself ready to negotiate for a more 
permanent peace. Romanos seized the occasion and proposed a marriage alliance 
between the imperial houses of Byzantium and Bulgaria to end the War of 913–927. 
Romanos arranged for a diplomatic marriage between his granddaughter Maria and the 
Bulgarian monarch. For the first time in Byzantine history, a Byzantine princess was to 
be married to a foreign ruler and decades later, Constantine VII criticized Romanos for 
this concession. In October 927 Peter arrived near Constantinople to meet Romanos 
and signed the peace treaty, marrying Maria on November 8. To signify the new era in 
Bulgaro-Byzantine relations, Maria was renamed Irene ("peace").

Irene and Peter I of Bulgaria had several children, including:
Plenimir
Boris II, who succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria in 969
Roman, who succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria in 977

Parents
LEKAPENOS Christopher (ABT  890 -  931)
____ Augusta Sophia ()

Siblings
LEKAPENE Irene (ABT  910 - ABT  966)

Marriage To ____ Peter I (ABT  910 - 30 Jan  970)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Simeon I (ABT  865 -  927)
SURSUVUL Maria ()

Children by ____ Peter I ABT  910 - 30 Jan  970
____ Boris (BEF  931 -  977)

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