Editing Romanos II (section)

==Family==
Romanos' first marriage, in September 944,<ref>Theophanes Continuatus records the marriage in September 944 of "''Hugonem regem Franciæ...filiam''" and "''Romanus imperator...Romano Constantini generi sui filio''", stating that she lived five years with her husband, although he confuses the identity of Bertha's father. ''Theophanes Continuatus'', VI, Romani imperium, 46, p. 431.</ref> was to {{ill|Bertha-Eudokia of Provence|el|Βέρθα-Ευδοκία της Προβηγκίας|lt=Bertha}}, illegitimate daughter of King [[Hugh of Italy]]. She changed her name from Bertha to Eudokia after her marriage.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garland |first=Lynda |author-link=Lynda Garland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gWGAgAAQBAJ |title=Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD 527–1204 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-75639-1 |publication-date=2014 |page=126 |language=en |orig-date=1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jestice |first=Phyllis G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gHRVDwAAQBAJ |title=Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty: Women and Rule in Tenth-Century Germany |date=2018 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |isbn=978-3-319-77306-3 |page=60 |language=en}}</ref> She died in 949,  her marriage unconsummated.<ref>Byzantine historian [[George Kedrenos]] recorded that that "''filia Hugonis''", married to "''Romano''", died a virgin. ''Liudprandi Antapodosis'' III.39, Monumenta Germaniæ Historica Scriptorum III, p. 312.</ref>

By his second wife [[Theophano (born Anastaso)|Theophano]] he had at least four children:
* Helena, born {{c.}} 955{{sfn|Garland|2002|pp=128, 271 (note 13)}}
* [[Basil&nbsp;II]], born in 958{{sfn|Reuter|McKitterick|1999|p=699}}
* [[Constantine&nbsp;VIII]], born in 960{{sfn|Reuter|McKitterick|1999|p=699}}
* [[Anna Porphyrogenita]], born 13 March 963{{sfn|PmbZ|loc=[https://www.degruyter.com/database/PMBZ/entry/PMBZ22589/html "Anna (#20436)"]}}