Emperor Constantine VI

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Byzantine emperor Isaurian dynasty ruler human

Emperor Constantine VI was a Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty who ruled in the late 8th century, known for his troubled reign marked by regency under his mother Irene and eventual deposition and blinding.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constantine VI	13
Emperor Constantine VI canonical	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine emperor ⓘ Isaurian dynasty ruler ⓘ human ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
birthDate	771 ⓘ
birthPlace	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
capital	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
causeOfDeath	complications from blinding (traditional account) ⓘ
child	Euphrosyne ⓘ Irene (daughter of Constantine VI) ⓘ
conflict	Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ Byzantine–Bulgarian wars ⓘ surface form: Bulgar–Byzantine conflicts
coronationDate	15 April 776 ⓘ 780 ⓘ
coRulerWith	Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ surface form: Irene of Athens
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate	797 ⓘ
deathPlace	Prinkipo ⓘ
dynasty	Isaurian dynasty ⓘ
endTime	797 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Medieval Greek ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Greek
father	Leo IV the Khazar ⓘ
fullName	Emperor Constantine VI self-link ⓘ surface form: Constantine VI
grandfather	Constantine V ⓘ
house	Isaurian dynasty ⓘ
languageSpoken	Greek ⓘ
mother	Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ surface form: Irene of Athens
notableEvent	blinding in 797 ⓘ deposition in 797 ⓘ marriage to Maria of Amnia ⓘ regency of Irene of Athens ⓘ repudiation of first wife and scandal among monastic circles ⓘ
notableWork	support for restoration of icon veneration at Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
participatedIn	Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
placeOfBurial	unknown ⓘ
positionHeld	Byzantine emperor ⓘ Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
predecessor	Leo IV the Khazar ⓘ
regent	Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ surface form: Irene of Athens
regnalName	Emperor Constantine VI self-link ⓘ surface form: Constantine VI
religion	Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Maria of Amnia ⓘ
startTime	780 ⓘ
successor	Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ surface form: Irene of Athens
title	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ surface form: Basileus Rhomaion
wasBlindedBy	agents of Irene of Athens ⓘ
wasDeposedBy	Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ surface form: Irene of Athens

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Emperor Constantine VI
Description of subject: Emperor Constantine VI was a Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty who ruled in the late 8th century, known for his troubled reign marked by regency under his mother Irene and eventual deposition and blinding.