Byzantine Emperor Michael III

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Byzantine Emperor Michael III was a 9th-century ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire whose reign saw the end of the Iconoclast controversy, significant military and cultural revival, and major religious conflicts such as the Photian Schism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor
Eastern Roman emperor
advisor Bardas
Photios I of Constantinople
birthDate 0840
birthPlace Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
burialPlace Church of the Holy Apostles
capital Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
causeOfDeath stabbing
conflict Arab–Byzantine wars
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
Byzantine–Paulician wars
coronationDate 0842
coRuler Bardas
Theodora
country Byzantine Empire
deathDate 0867-09-24
deathPlace Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
dynasty Amorian dynasty
era Middle Byzantine period
ethnicGroup Greeks
father Theophilos
givenName Michael
historicalPeriod 9th century
house Amorian dynasty
mannerOfDeath assassination
mother Theodora
nativeLanguage Greek
nickname Michael the Drunkard
notableAchievement cultural revival in the 9th century
military revival of the Byzantine Empire
notableEvent Christianization of Bulgaria
Photian Schism
end of Byzantine Iconoclasm
notableWork patronage of the Macedonian Renaissance
occupation emperor
opponent Ignatios of Constantinople
partner Eudokia Ingerina
positionHeld Emperor of the Romans
surface form: Basileus of the Romans

Emperor of the Romans
predecessor Theophilos
regnalName Michael III
reignEnd 0867
reignStart 0842
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
sexOrGender male
spouse Eudokia Dekapolitissa
successor Byzantine Emperor Basil I
surface form: Basil I
title Emperor of the Romans
surface form: Autokrator of the Romans

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Photian Schism participant Byzantine Emperor Michael III
Christian mission to Great Moravia authorizedBy Byzantine Emperor Michael III
Photios I of Constantinople appointedBy Byzantine Emperor Michael III
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III
Photios I of Constantinople teacherOf Byzantine Emperor Michael III
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III
Pope Nicholas I opponent Byzantine Emperor Michael III
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III of Byzantium
Council of Constantinople 867 tookPlaceDuringReignOf Byzantine Emperor Michael III
Battle of Lalakaon (support role, 863) underRuler Byzantine Emperor Michael III
subject surface form: Battle of Lalakaon (863)
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III
Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople deposedBy Byzantine Emperor Michael III
subject surface form: Ignatius, legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III
Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople inOfficeDuringReignOf Byzantine Emperor Michael III
subject surface form: Ignatius, legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III
Triumph of Orthodoxy underRuler Byzantine Emperor Michael III
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III
Triumph of Orthodoxy keyFigure Byzantine Emperor Michael III
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III
Synod of Constantinople in 843 underReignOf Byzantine Emperor Michael III
this entity surface form: Emperor Michael III