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Leo IV

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Leo IV, Byzantine emperor

Leo IV (Leo the Khazar), d. 780, Byzantine emperor (775–80), son and successor of Constantine V. He owed his nickname to his mother, a Khazar princess. Leo tempered the iconoclastic excesses of his father's reign. On his death his Athenian wife, Irene, became regent for their son, Constantine VI.

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