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Encyclopedia > Michael VI

Michael VI Stratioticus, "the warlike," was Byzantine emperor (1056 - 1057). He was already an old man when chosen by the empress Theodora as her successor shortly before her death in 1056.


He was unable to check the disaffection of the feudal aristocracy, who combined with an officer named Isaac Comnenus to depose him. After a successful battle in Phrygia, the rebels had no difficulty in dethroning Michael in 1057, who spent the rest of his life in a monastery.


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Preceded by:
Theodora		 Byzantine Emperor Succeeded by:
Isaac I Comnenus


This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica.


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Michael VI at AllExperts (408 words)
Although Michael VI managed to survive a conspiracy organized by Theodosios, a nephew of the former emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, he was faced with the disaffection of the military aristocracy.
As Michael VI began to confiscate the wealth of some of the discontent, the nobility united against him and proclaimed Isaac I Komnenos emperor in Paphlagonia on June 8, 1057.
Michael VI attempted to negotiate with the rebels through the famous courtier Michael Psellos, offering to adopt Isaac as his son and to grant him the title of kaisar (Caesar), but his proposals were publicly rejected.
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