Vasilios Lekapenos

Basil Lekapenos, also called the Parakoimomenos or the Nothos, was an illegitimate child of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos. He served as the grand chamberlain and chief minister of the Byzantine Empire for most of the period 947 to 985, under emperors Constantine VII, Romanos II, Nikephoros II Phokas, John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II.