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Michael III

Michael III (Ancient Greek: Μιχαήλ, romanized: Michaḗl; 9/10 January 840 – 24 September 867), also known as Michael the Drunkard, was Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Amorian (or Phrygian) dynasty. He was given the disparaging epithet the Drunkard (ὁ Μέθυσος) by the hostile historians of…

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Born
9/10 January 840
Co-rulers
Theophilos (840–42, emperor) · Theodora (842–56, regent) · Thekla (842–56, co-empress) · Bardas (862–866, caesar) · Basil I (866–67, co-emperor)
Coronation
16 May 840 (as co-emperor)
Died
24 September 867 (aged 27) Constantinople
Dynasty
Amorian
Father
Theophilos

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related to Secondary sources · 97
Michael III → After Iconoclasm, Ahrweiler, Alexander, Ann Arbor, Auzépy, Basil, Black Sea, Blackwood, Born, Brill, Brubaker, Bury, Byzantine Coins, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine State, Byzantium, California, Cambridge University Press, Catalogue, Centre Culturel
related to Primary sources · 46
Michael III → Armenian, Australian Association, Basil, Bekker, Berlin, Boston, Byzantina Australiensia, Byzantine, Byzantine Studies, Cambridge University Press, Canberra, Chronicle, Chronographiae, Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae, De Gruyter, Featherstone, Ihor, Immanuel, IV, Jeffrey Michael
related to Rise of Basil the Macedonian and assassination of Michael · 29
Michael III → According, Bardas, Basil, Basil's, Crete, Emperor, Emperor's, Eudokia Dekapolitissa, Eudokia Ingerina, In April, Inger, Ingerina, It, Joseph Genesios, Macedonian, May, Michael, Michael III's, Michael's, Norse
Co-rulers · 5
Michael III → Bardas (862–866, caesar), Basil I (866–67, co-emperor), Thekla (842–56, co-empress), Theodora (842–56, regent), Theophilos (840–42, emperor)
related to Family · 5
Michael III → Basil, Constantinople, Eudokia Dekapolitissa, Eudokia Ingerina, Leo VI
Issue · 2
Michael III → Leo VI (paternity uncertain), Stephen I of Constantinople (paternity uncertain)
Born · 1
Michael III → 9/10 January 840
Coronation · 1
Michael III → 16 May 840 (as co-emperor)
Died · 1
Michael III → 24 September 867 (aged 27) Constantinople
Dynasty · 1
Michael III → Amorian

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Michael IIIBorn9/10 January 8401.00infobox
Michael IIICo-rulersTheophilos (840–42, emperor)1.00infobox
Michael IIICo-rulersTheodora (842–56, regent)1.00infobox
Michael IIICo-rulersThekla (842–56, co-empress)1.00infobox
Michael IIICo-rulersBardas (862–866, caesar)1.00infobox
Michael IIICo-rulersBasil I (866–67, co-emperor)1.00infobox
Michael IIICoronation16 May 840 (as co-emperor)1.00infobox
Michael IIIDied24 September 867 (aged 27) Constantinople1.00infobox
Michael IIIDynastyAmorian1.00infobox
Michael IIIFatherTheophilos1.00infobox
Michael IIIIssueLeo VI (paternity uncertain)1.00infobox
Michael IIIIssueStephen I of Constantinople (paternity uncertain)1.00infobox
Michael IIIMotherTheodora1.00infobox
Michael IIIPredecessorTheophilos1.00infobox
Michael IIIReign20 January 842 – 24 September 8671.00infobox
Michael IIISuccessorBasil I1.00infobox
Michael IIIWifeEudokia Dekapolitissa1.00infobox

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