Question: Did children of Byzantine Co-Emperors count as 'purple born'?

Basically what the title says. To be Porphyrogennetoi (Purple-born) a royal had to be born in the Porphýra/Porphyry Chamber in the Great palace, to the reigning Basileus and and his wife, who had been created an Augusta. However, I've never seen it mentioned one way or the other if the children of a Symbasileus, or Co-Emperor, counted as being Porphyrogennetoi. Legally their father would be a reigning (albeit junior) Basileus and their mother an Empess, so would/did they count or not?
 
I thought you said in this thread that they are.

At any rate,I've noticed that Basil II was known as a purple-born even though he was born during the reign of his grandfather.

I said that they should technically be considered purple-born, being born to technically reigning Emperors, not that I knew for sure. That's why I made this thread. That said, your example of Basil II does point towards the children of co-Emperors being considered purple-born. Although his grandfather was Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos, the Emperor obsessed with all things legitimacy, so he could have made an exception for his grandson and allowed him to be born in the purple chamber.
 
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