Editing Romanos II (section)

{{Short description|Byzantine emperor from 959 to 963}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Romanos II
| image        = Romanos et Eudoxie (cropped2).JPG
| caption      = Idealized portrait of a young Romanos II (aged 7–11), from the [[Romanos Ivory]], AD 945–949
| succession   = [[Byzantine emperor]]
| reign        = 9 November 959 –<br/> 15 March 963
| coronation   = 6 April 945 ''as co-emperor''
| cor-type     = [[Coronation of the Byzantine emperor|Coronation]]
| predecessor  = [[Constantine VII]]
| successor    = [[Nikephoros II Phokas|Nikephoros II]]
| regent       = Constantine VII {{nowrap|(945–959)}}<br/>[[Basil II]] (960–963)<br/>[[Constantine VIII]] {{nowrap|(962–963)}}
| reg-type     = Co-emperors
| spouse       = {{ill|Bertha-Eudokia of Provence|el|Βέρθα-Ευδοκία της Προβηγκίας|lt=Bertha-Eudokia}}<br/>[[Theophano (born Anastaso)|Theophano]]
| issue        = Helena<br/>[[Basil II]]<br/>[[Constantine VIII]]<br/>[[Anna Porphyrogenita]]
| full name    = 
| house        = [[Macedonian dynasty|Macedonian]]
| house-type   = Dynasty
| father       = [[Constantine VII]]
| mother       = [[Helena Lekapene]]
| birth_date   = 938
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = 15 March 963<br/>(aged 24–25)
| death_place  = 
| place of burial = 
| title        = [[List of Byzantine emperors|Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans]]
}}

'''Romanos II''' ({{langx|el|Ῥωμανός|Rōmanos}}; 938 – 15 March 963) was [[Byzantine Emperor]] from 959 to 963. He succeeded his father [[Constantine&nbsp;VII]] at the age of twenty-one and died suddenly and mysteriously four years later. His wife [[Theophano (born Anastaso)|Theophano]] helped their sons [[Basil II]] and [[Constantine VIII]] to ultimately succeed him in 976.