Michael II and his son Theophilos, founders of the Amorian dynasty. Michael II the Amorian (Greek: Μιχαήλ Β', Mikhaēl II), also called Traulos or Psellos (Τραυλός, Ψηλλος, Latin Psellus), meaning "the Stammerer", (died October 2, 829) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 820 to his death. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Events Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date) Births Rhodri Mawr (the Great), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) Deaths December 24: Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated) Shankara, Hinduist teacher Tang Xian Zong, emperor of...
Michael was born in 770 in Amorium in Phrygia, into a family of professional soldier peasants who received for their military service land from government. His family belonged to Judeo-Christian sect of athinganoi whose members were of mixed Cappadocian and Jewish descent. Michael's Jewish grandparents converted to Christianity but belonging to athinganoi allowed them to uphold many Jewish religious rituals.[1] Athinganoi were numerous in Anatolia and together with Armenians formed the backbone of the Byzantine army of that era. Michael began his career as a private soldier, but taking part in many of the Byzantine wars, he rose by his talents to the rank of general. He married Thekla, daughter of his superior, the theme commander general Bardanes Tourkos who was of Armenian origin. His friend during these years was an ambitious and scheming officer of Armenian descent, the future Emperor Leo V the Armenian who was married to another daughter of Bardanes Tourkos. Michael and Leo abandoned Bardanes Tourkos when he rebelled against Emperor Nikephoros I in 803. Michael was instrumental in the overthrow (by Leo) of Michael I Rangabe in 813 after Rangabe’s continuing military defeats against the Bulgarians, and under Leo V, Michael rose to second after the Emperor in command of Imperial army. He became disgruntled with Leo V, however, when the Emperor divorced Michael's sister-in-law. On Christmas Eve 820, Leo V accused him of conspiracy, jailed him and sentenced him to death but postponed the execution until after Christmas. Michael, who enjoyed a reputation as an honest and reliable man, was much more popular in the army than the always scheming and treacherous Leo V, and his partisans freed him. Michael organized the assassination of Leo V during the Christmas mass in Hagia Sophia. Emperor KÅnin ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Empress ShÅtoku. ...
Amorium Höyük (mound) as seen from the minaret of the village of Hisarköy The site John Kallos, Bishop of Amorion Amorium, is an ancient city in Turkey that dates back at least to the Hellenistic Period in Anatolia and that had acquired particular historical significance, in several...
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Contemporary coin of Leo V. Leo V, surnamed The Armenian (775 – December 24, 820), was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820, after first distinguishing himself as a general in the reigns of Nicephorus I and Michael I Rhangabes. ...
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Michael I on a contemporary coin Michael I Rangabe (Greek: Μιχαήλ Α΄ ΡαγγαβÎ, MikhaÄ“l I Rangabe), (died January 11, 844) was Byzantine Emperor (811 - 813). ...
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Events Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date) Births Rhodri Mawr (the Great), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) Deaths December 24: Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated) Shankara, Hinduist teacher Tang Xian Zong, emperor of...
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Michael was immediately proclaimed Emperor, still wearing the chains from the prison in his hands. Later the same day, he was crowned by Patriarch Theodotos I of Constantinople. In his internal policy, Michael II supported iconoclasm, but tacitly encouraged reconciliation with the iconodules, whom he generally stopped persecuting and allowed to return from exile. These included the former Patriarch Nikephoros and Theodore of Stoudios, who failed, however, to influence the emperor to abandon iconoclasm. One of the few victims of the emperor's policy was the future patriarch Methodios I. Theodotos I Kassiteras or Theodotus I Cassiteras (Greek: Θεόδοτος Α΄ ΚασσιτεÏάς), Patriarch of Constantinople from April 1, 815 to January 821. ...
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Michael's accession whetted the appetite of his former comrade-in-arms Thomas the Slav, who set himself up as rival emperor in Anatolia and successfully transferred his forces into Thrace, effectively besieging the capital in December 821. Although Thomas did not obtain the support of some of the Anatolian themes, he secured the support of the naval theme and their ships, allowing him to tighten his grip on Constantinople. In his quest for support, Thomas presented himself as the champion of the poor, reduced taxation, and concluded an alliance with Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate, having himself crowned emperor by the Patriarch of Antioch Job. Thomas the Slav was originally a Byzantine military commander entrusted with a high command during the reign of Emperor Leo V the Armenian. ...
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Michael II gained the support of former Byzantine enemy Omurtag of Bulgaria who came to his aid. Michael II forced Thomas to lift his siege of Constantinople in the spring of 823. Michael besieged Thomas in Arkadioupolis (Lüleburgaz)and forced his surrender in October. Michael inherited a seriously weakened military, and was unable to prevent the conquest of Crete by 10,000 Arabs (who had 40 ships)[2] in 824, or to recover the island with an expedition in 826. In 827 the Arabs also invaded Sicily, taking advantage of local infighting, and besieged Syracuse. By 829 their invasion had failed and they were expelled from the island. Omurtag or Omortag (Bulgarian: ) was ruler of Bulgaria from 814 to 831. ...
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After the death of Thekla, in c. 823, Michael II married Euphrosyne, the daughter of Constantine VI. This marriage was probably intended to strengthen Michael's position as emperor, but it incurred the opposition of the clergy, as Euphrosyne had previously become a nun. Michael II died on October 2, 829. Euphrosyne, a daughter of Byzantine emperor Constantine VI, the last representative of the Isaurian dynasty, and Maria of Amnia. ...
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Because of his Judeo-Christian origin and iconoclasm Michael II was not popular among Orthodox clergy, who depicted him as an ignorant and poorly educated peasant, but Michael II was a competent statesman and administrator. He brought stability to most of the Byzantine Empire for the first time in many generations and began restoration of Byzantine military. The system of government and military built by Michael II enabled the Empire under his grandson Michael III to gain the Byzantines the ascendency in their struggles with the Abbasid Caliphate and to withstand all the vicissitudes of Byzantine palace life; Michael II's direct descendants, the Amorian dynasty followed by the so-called Macedonian dynasty, ruled the Empire for more than two centuries, inaugurating the Byzantine Renaissance of the ninth and tenth centuries. This coin struck during the regency of Theodora shows how Michael was less prominent than his mother, who is represented as ruler alone on the obverse, and even than his sister Thecla, who is depicted together with the young Michael on the reverse of this coin. ...
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Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α) (811 - 886, ruled 867 - 886) - married Michael IIIs widow; died in hunting accident Leo VI the Wise (ΛÎων ΣΤ ο Σοφός) (866 - 912, ruled 886 - 912) – likely either son of Basil I or Michael III; Alexander III (ΑλÎξανδÏος Γ του Βυζαντίου) (870 - 913, ruled 912 - 913) – son of Basil I, regent for nephew...
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By his first marriage to Thekla, Michael II had a son: Most Emperors of the Macedonian dynasty were de facto direct descendants of Michael II because Emperor Leo VI the Wise was a biological son of the last Amorian Emperor Michael III. [3] Theophilus (813 - 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. ...
Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α) (811 - 886, ruled 867 - 886) - married Michael IIIs widow; died in hunting accident Leo VI the Wise (ΛÎων ΣΤ ο Σοφός) (866 - 912, ruled 886 - 912) – likely either son of Basil I or Michael III; Alexander III (ΑλÎξανδÏος Γ του Βυζαντίου) (870 - 913, ruled 912 - 913) – son of Basil I, regent for nephew...
This follis by Leo VI bears the Byzantine Emperors official title, BASILEVS ROMEON, Emperor of the Romans; translation of text: Leo, by the grace of God, King of Romans Leo VI the Wise or the Philosopher (Greek: ΛÎων ΣΤ΄, LeÅn VI, Armenian: [1]), (September 19, 866 – May 11, 912) was Byzantine...
This coin struck during the regency of Theodora shows how Michael was less prominent than his mother, who is represented as ruler alone on the obverse, and even than his sister Thecla, who is depicted together with the young Michael on the reverse of this coin. ...
Footnotes - ^ "Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam," vol. 2, 1980, p. 79.
- ^ J. Norwich, Byzantium: The Apogee, 37
- ^ Christian Settipani, " Nos Ancetres de l'Antiquite," Paris, Editions Christian, 1991, pp. viii, 10-17.
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Mezezius also known as Mecetius, Bizantine usurper in Sicily from 668 to 669. ...
Constantine IV on a contemporary coin Constantine IV (649-685); sometimes incorrectly called Pogonatus, meaning the Bearded, like his father; was Byzantine emperor from 668-685. ...
Justinian II, known as Rhinotmetus (the Split-nosed) (669-711) was a Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian Dynasty, reigned from 685 to 695 and again from 704 to 711. ...
Leontios, showing the symbols of power: the crown, the globus cruciger, and the akakia. ...
Tiberius III, the German commander Apsimar. ...
Philippikos (FILIPICUS) coin, celebrating the victories of the emperor (VICTORIA AVGU). ...
Anastasios II kept his name, Artemios, also on his coinage; this solidus bears the legend APTEMIUS ANASTASIUS. Anastasios II or Anastasius II (Greek: Αναστάσιος Β΄), (died 718), Byzantine emperor, from 713 to 715. ...
Theodosios III or Theodosius III (Greek: Θεοδόσιος Γ΄), was Byzantine Emperor from 715 to March 25, 717. ...
Leo the Isaurian and his son Constantine V. Leo III the Isaurian or the Syrian (Greek: ΛÎων Γ΄, LeÅn III ), (c. ...
Constantine V Copronymus (The Dung-named) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. ...
Artavasdos (erroneously Artabasdos or Artabasdus), (Greek: ΑÏταÏασδος, Artauasdos, from Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ¿Õ¡Õ¾Õ¡Õ¦Õ¤, Artavazd ), was Byzantine Emperor from June 741 or 742 until November 743. ...
Leo IV the Khazar (Greek: ΛÎων Δ΄, LeÅn IV ), (January 25, 750 – September 8, 780), Byzantine Emperor from 775 to 780. ...
Constantine VI (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ϛ΄, KÅnstantinos VI; 771–797 or 805) was Byzantine Emperor from 780 to 797. ...
This solidus struck under Irene reports the legend bASILISSH, Basilissa. ...
Nikephoros I and his son and successor, Stauracius. ...
Staurakios on a coin issued by his father Nikephoros I. Staurakios or Stauracius (Greek: ΣταυÏάκιος), (d. ...
Michael I on a contemporary coin Michael I Rangabe (Greek: Μιχαήλ Α΄ ΡαγγαβÎ, MikhaÄ“l I Rangabe), (died January 11, 844) was Byzantine Emperor (811 - 813). ...
Contemporary coin of Leo V. Leo V, surnamed The Armenian (775 – December 24, 820), was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820, after first distinguishing himself as a general in the reigns of Nicephorus I and Michael I Rhangabes. ...
Theophilus, in the Chronicle of John Skylitzes Theophilos or Theophilus (Greek: Θεόφιλος), (813 – 20 January 842) was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842. ...
Theodora depicted as ruler on this coin, with her son Michael, nominally emperor, and her daughter Thecla on the reverse. ...
This coin struck during the regency of Theodora shows how Michael was less prominent than his mother, who is represented as ruler alone on the obverse, and even than his sister Thecla, who is depicted together with the young Michael on the reverse of this coin. ...
Basil, his son Constantine, and his second wife, emperess Eudoxia Ingerina. ...
This follis by Leo VI bears the Byzantine Emperors official title, BASILEVS ROMEON, Emperor of the Romans; translation of text: Leo, by the grace of God, King of Romans Leo VI the Wise or the Philosopher (Greek: ΛÎων ΣΤ΄, LeÅn VI, Armenian: [1]), (September 19, 866 – May 11, 912) was Byzantine...
A Byzantine Mosaic portrait of Emperor Alexander (870 - 913) which was completed in the Emperors short reign. ...
Constantine and his mother Zoë. Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, the Purple-born (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Ζ΄ ΠοÏφυÏογÎννητος, KÅnstantinos VII PorphyrogennÄ“tos), (Constantinople, September 905 – November 9, 959 in Constantinople) was the son of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife Zoe Karbonopsina. ...
Contemporary coin of Romanus I. Romanos I Lekapenos or Romanus I Lecapenus (Greek: Ρωμανός Α΄ Λακαπήνος, RÅmanos I LakapÄ“nos) (c. ...
Romanus II (939 - 963) succeeded his father Constantine VII as Byzantine emperor in 959 at the age of twenty-one, and died, poisoned, it was believed, by his wife, Theophanu in 963. ...
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Ioannes, protected by God and the Virgin Mary. ...
Painting of Basil II, from an 11th century manuscript. ...
Constantine VIII (in Greek Konstantinos VIII, written Κωνσταντίνος Η) (960 – November 15, 1028), Byzantine emperor (December 15, 1025 – November 15, 1028) was the son of the Emperor Romanus II and the younger brother of the eminent Basil...
Empress Zoe as depicted in a mosaic from the Hagia Sophia Zoe (in Greek Ζωή, meaning life), (c. ...
Romanus III. Romanos III Argyros or Romanus III Argyrus (Greek: Ρωμανός Γ΄ ΑÏγυÏός, RÅmanos III Argyros), (968 – April 11, 1034) was Byzantine emperor (November 15, 1028 - April 11, 1034). ...
Michael IV (1010 – December 10, 1041), called the Paphlagonian (in Greek, Μιχαήλ Παφλαγών, meaning from the province of Paphlagonia), was Byzantine emperor from April 11, 1034 to December 10, 1041. ...
Michael V Calaphates (1015 - August 24, 1042) (in Greek Μιχαήλ Καλαφάτης, meaning the caulker), was the nephew and successor as Byzantine emperor of Michael IV and adoptive son of his wife Zoë. His surname reflected the early...
Mosaic of Constantine IX and Empress Zoe Constantine IX Monomachus (c. ...
Theodora (in Greek Θεοδώρα, literally meaning Gift of God, lived 981 - August 31, 1056) ruled as Byzantine Empress from January 11, 1055 to August 31, 1056. ...
Michael VI Stratioticus, the warlike, was Byzantine emperor (1056 - 1057). ...
Isaac coin. ...
Constantine X Ducas (1006 - May, 1067) was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1059 - 1067). ...
Michael VII Ducas or Parapinakes, was the eldest son of Constantine X Ducas and Eudocia Macrembolitissa. ...
Diptych of Romanus and Eudocia Macrembolitissa, crowned by Christ (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Romanos IV Diogenes or Romanus IV Diogenes (Greek: Ρωμανός Δ΄ ΔιογÎνης, RÅmanos IV DiogenÄ“s) was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. ...
Nicephorus Botaniates. ...
Emperor Alexios I Komnenos Emperor Alexios I Komnenos depicted in a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople Alexios I Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus (Greek: ; Latin: ) (1048 – August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081–1118), was the son of John Komnenos and Anna Dalassena and the nephew of Isaac I...
“John Komnenus†redirects here. ...
For the eldest son of Andronikos I Komnenos and father of Alexios I of Trebizond, see Manuel Komnenos (born 1145). ...
Alexios II Komnenos or Alexius II Comnenus (Greek: ΑλÎχιος Β’ Κομνηνός, Alexios II KomnÄ“nos) (14 September 1169 – October 1183, Constantinople), Byzantine emperor (1180-1183), was the son of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and Maria, daughter of Raymond, prince of Antioch. ...
Billon trachy (a cup-shaped coin) of Andronikos I Komnenos (1183-1185) Andronikos I Komnenos or Andronicus I Comnenus (Greek: ΑνδÏόνικος Α’ Κομνηνός, Andronikos I KomnÄ“nos) (c. ...
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ισαάκιος Β’ Άγγελος, Isaakios II Angelos) (September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. ...
Alexios III Angelos or Alexius III Angelus (Greek: ΑλÎξιος Γ Άγγελος) (c. ...
Emperor Alexios IV Alexios IV Angelos or Alexius IV Angelus (Greek: ΑλÎξιος Δ Άγγελος) (c. ...
Nikolaos Kanabos was elected Emperor of Byzantium on the 25. ...
Alexios V Doukas Mourtzouphlos or Alexius V Ducas Murtzuphlus (Greek: ΑλÎξιος Ε΄ ΔοÏκας ΜοÏÏτζουφλος) (d. ...
Constantine Laskaris (Greek Κωνσταντίνος ΛάσκαÏης) was Byzantine emperor for a few months in 1204. ...
The Latin Empire, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. ...
John III Doukas Vatatzes or Ducas Vatatzes (Greek: Ιωάννης Γ΄ ΔοÏκας Βατάτζης, IÅannÄ“s III Doukas BatatzÄ“s) (c. ...
Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (Greek: ΘεόδωÏος Β΄ ΔοÏκας ΛάσκαÏις, TheodÅros II Doukas Laskaris) (1221/1222–August 18, 1258) was emperor of Nicaea, 1254–1258. ...
John IV Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (Greek: Ιωάννης Δ΄ ΔοÏκας ΛάσκαÏις, IÅannÄ“s IV Doukas Laskaris), December 25, 1250 - c. ...
The Byzantine Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911) Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Η΄ Παλαιολόγος, Mikhaēl VIII Palaiologos) (1224/1225 – December 11, 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor 1259–1282. ...
Andronikos II Palaiologos or Andronicus II Palaeologus (Greek: ) (1259/1260 – February 13, 1332), reigned as Byzantine emperor 1282–1328. ...
Andronikos III Palaiologos or Andronicus III Palaeologus (Greek: ΑνδÏόνικος Γ Παλαιολόγος) (March 25, 1297 - June 15, 1341) reigned as Byzantine emperor 1328–1341, after being rival emperor since 1321. ...
John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: , IÅannÄ“s V Palaiologos), (1332 – February 16, 1391) was the son of Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and Anna of Savoy. ...
John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: Ιωάννης ΣΤ΄ Καντακουζηνός, IÅannÄ“s VI KantakouzÄ“nos) (c. ...
Matthew Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Ματθαίος Ασάνης Καντακουζηνός, Matthaios Asanēs Kantakouzēnos) (c. ...
Andronikos IV Palaiologos or Andronicus IV Palaeologus (Greek: ΑνδÏόνικος Δ Παλαιολόγος) (April 2, 1348–June 28, 1385), was Byzantine emperor from 1376 to 1379. ...
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Andronikos V Palaiologos or Andronicus V Palaeologus (Greek: ΑνδÏόνικος Ε Παλαιολόγος) (c. ...
Emperor Manuel II Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μανουήλ Β΄ Παλαιολόγος, Manouēl II Palaiologos) (June 27, 1350 – July 21, 1425) was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425. ...
John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek Ιωάννης Η Παλαιολόγος, IÅannÄ“s VIII Palaiologos) (December 18 1392 – October 31, 1448), was Byzantine Emperor from 1425 to 1448. ...
Constantine XI: The last Byzantine emperor is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...
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