Michael I Rangabe

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Michael I Rangabe
Nikephorian
FatherTheophylact Rhangabe

Michael I Rangabé (also spelled Rangabe or Rhangabe;

Byzantine emperor
from 811 to 813.

Michael was the son of the patrician

kouropalatēs
after his father-in-law's accession in 802.

Life

Michael was the son of the patrician Theophylact Rhangabe, the admiral of the Aegean fleet.[2] The Rangabé family was of Greek origin.[4]

Michael survived Nikephoros' disastrous campaign against

Patriarch Nikephoros
) forced Staurakios to abdicate in his favor on 2 October 811.

Michael I attempted to carry out a policy of reconciliation, abandoning the exacting taxation instituted by Nikephoros I. While reducing imperial income, Michael generously distributed money to the army, the bureaucracy, and the Church.

Stoudios. Michael's piety won him a very positive estimation in the work of the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor
.

In 812 Michael I reopened negotiations with the

Ignatios), eventually becoming Patriarch of Constantinople.[10] Michael died on 11 January 844.[11]

Family

By his wife Prokopia, Michael I had at least five children:

Gallery

  • Solidus of Michael I and his son Theophylact
    Solidus of Michael I and his son Theophylact
  • Coronation of Michael I from the 12th-century Madrid Skylitzes, probably drawn from an earlier unrelated source.[16]
    Coronation of Michael I from the 12th-century Madrid Skylitzes, probably drawn from an earlier unrelated source.[16]
  • Byzantines and Bulgarians clash at Versinikia in 813.
    Byzantines and Bulgarians clash at Versinikia in 813.
  • The armies of Michael I (below) and Krum (above) prepare for battle after negotiations failed.
    The armies of Michael I (below) and Krum (above) prepare for battle after negotiations failed.
  • Depiction of Michael I in the 15th-century Mutinensis gr. 122.
    Depiction of Michael I in the 15th-century Mutinensis gr. 122.

References

  1. ^ PBW, Michael 7.
  2. ^ a b Venning 2006, p. 218.
  3. ^ a b c d e Bradbury 2004, p. 64.
  4. ^ Vasiliev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1958). History of the Byzantine Empire, 324–1453. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 271. ...Michael I, a member of the Greek family of Rangabé, married to Procopia, a sister of the unfortunate Strauracius and a daughter of Nicephorus I.
  5. ^ Ostrogorsky 1986, p. 197.
  6. ^ eum imperatorem et basileum appellantes, cf. Royal Frankish Annals, a. 812.
  7. ^ Eichmann, Eduard (1942). Die Kaiserkrönung im Abendland: ein Beitrag zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des kirchlichen Rechte, der Liturgie und der Kirchenpolitik. Echter-Verlag. p. 33.
  8. ^ Canning 1996, p. 70.
  9. ^ a b Luttwak 2009, p. 182.
  10. ^ a b Bury 1912, p. 14.
  11. ^ Anthony 2017, p. 8.
  12. ^ PBW, Georgo 1.
  13. ^ PBW, Theophylaktos 9.
  14. ^ PBW, Staurakios 12.
  15. ^ PBW, Theophano 2.
  16. .

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Michael I Rangabe
Nikephorian dynasty
Born: c. 770 Died: 11 January 844
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Staurakios (II)
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Nikephoros I in 803,
then lapsed
Roman consul
803
Succeeded by
Lapsed,
Leo V in 814