Theophilus (emperor)

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Byzantine emperor human

Theophilus was a 9th-century Byzantine emperor best known for his staunch support of iconoclasm and his efforts to strengthen and reform the empire amid ongoing conflicts with the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Label Occurrences
Theophilus (emperor) canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ
human ⓘ
capital Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
child Saint Anastasia ⓘ
surface form: Anastasia

Anna ⓘ
Maria ⓘ
Michael III ⓘ
Theodora ⓘ
surface form: Pulcheria

Thekla ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 800 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 20 January 842 ⓘ
dynasty Amorian dynasty ⓘ
era Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
father Michael II ⓘ
givenName Theophilus ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms ⓘ
building projects in Constantinople ⓘ
legal reforms ⓘ
support of Byzantine iconoclasm ⓘ
wars against the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
militaryConflict Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine–Arab wars

Siege of Amorium ⓘ
surface form: Sack of Amorium
mother Euphrosyne ⓘ
opponent Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
al-Ma'mun ⓘ
surface form: Caliph al-Ma'mun

al-Mu'tasim ⓘ
surface form: Caliph al-Mu'tasim
opposedBy iconophile monks ⓘ
patronage arts influenced by Islamic styles ⓘ
court culture and learning ⓘ
placeOfBirth Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
placeOfDeath Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
policy enforcement of iconoclasm ⓘ
fortification of eastern frontiers ⓘ
promotion of legal codification ⓘ
strengthening of central imperial authority ⓘ
positionHeld Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
surface form: Basileus of the Romans

Byzantine emperor ⓘ
predecessor Michael II ⓘ
reignEnd 842 ⓘ
reignStart 829 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousBranch Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
residence Great Palace of Constantinople ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Theodora ⓘ
successor Michael III ⓘ
supportedBy iconoclast clergy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iconoclasm → significantPerson → Theophilus (emperor) ⓘ
subject surface form: Byzantine Iconoclasm