Macedonian dynasty

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Byzantine imperial dynasty

The Macedonian dynasty was a ruling family of the Byzantine Empire (867–1056) under which the empire experienced a major political, military, and cultural revival often called the Macedonian Renaissance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Macedonian Renaissance	1
Macedonian line	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine imperial dynasty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Macedonian house ⓘ Macedonian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Macedonian line
associatedWith	Byzantine humanism ⓘ missionary activity among Slavs ⓘ
capital	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
culturalAchievement	codification of Byzantine law ⓘ flourishing of Byzantine art ⓘ revival of classical learning ⓘ
diplomaticRelations	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCause	death of Empress Theodora in 1056 without heir ⓘ
endTime	1056 ⓘ
era	Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy	Doukid dynasty ⓘ
founder	Byzantine Emperor Basil I ⓘ surface form: Basil I the Macedonian
governmentForm	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasMonarch	Alexander of Byzantium ⓘ Byzantine Emperor Basil I ⓘ surface form: Basil I the Macedonian Basil II ⓘ Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantine VIII ⓘ Leo VI the Wise ⓘ Romanos II ⓘ Theodora Porphyrogenita ⓘ Zoe Porphyrogenita ⓘ
inception	accession of Basil I ⓘ
knownFor	cultural revival of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ military revival of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ political revival of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
language	Medieval Greek ⓘ
legalReform	Basilika (law code) ⓘ
militaryAchievement	expansion against the Bulgarians ⓘ reconquest in the eastern frontier ⓘ
namedAfter	Macedonia (Byzantine theme) ⓘ
notableEvent	Macedonian dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Renaissance
notableRuler	Byzantine Emperor Basil I ⓘ surface form: Basil I the Macedonian Basil II ⓘ Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo VI the Wise ⓘ
partOf	Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
precededBy	Isaurian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Amorian dynasty
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
rulingHouseOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
startTime	867 ⓘ
territorialPeak	10th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Macedonian dynasty → alsoKnownAs → Macedonian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian line

Basil II → dynasty → Macedonian dynasty ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → dynasty → Macedonian dynasty ⓘ

Macedonian dynasty → notableEvent → Macedonian dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macedonian Renaissance