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Constantine VI (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ϛ΄, Kōnstantinos VI; 771–797 or 805) was Byzantine Emperor from 780 to 797. Events December 4 - Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frank kingdom (Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Franks at Rome on Christmas Day, 800). ...
Events July 17 - Irene orders her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI captured and deposed August 15 - Irenes orders are accomplished; her son is blinded, and herself declared emperor the next day. ...
Events Emperor Nicephorus I of Byzantium suffers a major defeat against the Saracens at Crasus. ...
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Constantine VI was the only child of Emperor Leo IV and Irene. Constantine was crowned co-emperor by his father in 776, and succeeded as sole emperor at the age of nine under the regency of Irene in 780. Leo IV the Khazar (Greek: ΛÎων Δ΄, LeÅn IV ), (January 25, 750 – September 8, 780), Byzantine Emperor from 775 to 780. ...
This solidus struck under Irene reports the legend bASILISSH, Basilissa. ...
In 782 he was betrothed to Rotrude, a daughter of the Frankish King Charlemagne by his third wife Hildegard. Irene herself broke off the engagement in 788. In 787 Constantine had signed the decrees of the Second Council of Nicaea, but he appears to have had iconoclast sympathies. By then Constantine had turned 16 years old, but his mother did not relinquish executive authority to him. Rotrude (or sometimes referred to as Hruodrud) (775 - 8/6/810) was the second daughter of Charlemagne from his marriage to Hildegard of Savoy. ...
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A portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer that was painted several centuries after Charlemagnes death. ...
Hildegard (758-783) was the daughter of Count Gerold of Vinzgouw and Imma (Emma) of Alemannia. ...
The Second Council of Nicaea was the seventh ecumenical council of Christianity; it met in 787 AD in Nicaea (site of the First Council of Nicaea) to restore the honoring of icons (or, holy images), which had been suppressed by imperial edict inside the Byzantine Empire during the reign of...
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After a conspiracy against Irene was suppressed in the spring of 790 she attempted to get official recognition as empress. This backfired and with military support Constantine finally came to actual power in 790, after the Armenians in the army rebelled against Irene. Nevertheless, she was allowed to keep the title of Empress, which was confirmed in 792.
The weakness of Constantine caused dissatisfaction among his supporters. He showed unheroic behaviour after the defeats at the hands of Kardam of Bulgaria in 791 and 792. A movement developed in favor of his uncle, the Caesar Nikephoros. Constantine had his uncle's eyes put out and the tongues of his father's four other brothers cut off. His former Armenian supporters revolted after he had blinded their general Alexios Mosele. He crushed this revolt with extreme cruelty in 793. Kardam (Bulgarian: ) was the ruler of Bulgaria 777–after 796/before 803. ...
Caesar (plural Caesars), Latin: Cæsar (plural Cæsares), is a title of imperial character. ...
He then divorced his wife Maria of Amnia, who had failed to provide him with a male heir, and married his mistress Theodote, an unpopular and possibly illegal act, although the Patriarch ignored it. By his actions Constantine had lost all support, both of the ruling orthodox and the iconoclast opposition. St. ...
In 797 Constantine was captured and blinded by the supporters of his mother, who had organized a conspiracy. According to some historians, he died from his wounds, leaving Irene in sole control of the empire. Others, including Judith Herrin, assert that he survived the blinding and outlived his mother, dying in or shortly before 805. Pretenders to the throne claiming to be Constantine VI later appeared during the reign of Michael II. Michael II, called Psellus, the stammerer, or the Amorian (770-829) reigned as Byzantine emperor 820 - 829. ...
Family By his first wife Maria of Amnia, Constantine VI had two daughters: By his mistress and then second wife Theodore, Constantine VI had a son: Euphrosyne, a daughter of Byzantine emperor Constantine VI, the last representative of the Isaurian dynasty, and Maria of Amnia. ...
Michael II, called Psellus, the stammerer, or the Amorian (770-829) reigned as Byzantine emperor 820 - 829. ...
References - The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Ostrogorsky, G., History of the Byzantine State
- Dominique Barbe, Irène de Byzance: La femme empereur, Paris, 1990.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Herrin, Judith (2001). Women in Purple:Rulers of Medieval Byzantium. London: Phoenix Press. ISBN 1-84212-529-X.
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