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LEO IV

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 439 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEO IV ., called CHOZAR, succeeded his See also:father, See also:Constantine V., as See also:emperor of the See also:East in 775. In 776 he associated his See also:young son, Constantine, with himself in the See also:empire, and suppressed a rising led by his five step-See also:brothers which See also:broke out as a result of this proceeding. Leo was largely under the See also:influence of his wife See also:Irene (q.v.), and when he died in 78o he See also:left her as the See also:guardian of his successor, Constantine VI.

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