Michael I Rangabe
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Father | Theophylact 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
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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
Family
By his wife Prokopia, Michael I had at least five children:
- Georgo, a daughter[12]
- Theophylact, crowned co-emperor on Christmas 811, became a monk after 813.[13]
- Niketas, later Patriarch Ignatios of Constantinople (c. 798 – 877)[10]
- Staurakios, crowned co-emperor on Christmas 811, pre-deceased his father[14]
- Theophano, a daughter[15]
Gallery
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Solidus of Michael I and his son Theophylact
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Coronation of Michael I from the 12th-century Madrid Skylitzes, probably drawn from an earlier unrelated source.[16]
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Byzantines and Bulgarians clash at Versinikia in 813.
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The armies of Michael I (below) and Krum (above) prepare for battle after negotiations failed.
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Depiction of Michael I in the 15th-century Mutinensis gr. 122.
References
- ^ PBW, Michael 7.
- ^ a b Venning 2006, p. 218.
- ^ a b c d e Bradbury 2004, p. 64.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ostrogorsky 1986, p. 197.
- ^ eum imperatorem et basileum appellantes, cf. Royal Frankish Annals, a. 812.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Canning 1996, p. 70.
- ^ a b Luttwak 2009, p. 182.
- ^ a b Bury 1912, p. 14.
- ^ Anthony 2017, p. 8.
- ^ PBW, Georgo 1.
- ^ PBW, Theophylaktos 9.
- ^ PBW, Staurakios 12.
- ^ PBW, Theophano 2.
- ISBN 978-9080647626.
Sources
- Joseph Genesius (1998) [10th century]. Genesios on the Reigns of the Emperors: Translation and Commentary. Translated by Anthony, Kaldellis. Brill.
- Bradbury, Jim (2004). The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare. Routledge.
- Bury, John Bagnell (1912). A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I, (802–867). Macmillan and Co.
- ISBN 0195046528..
- Canning, Joseph (1996). A History of Medieval Political Thought: 300–1450. Routledge.
- Luttwak, Edward N. (2009). The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire. Harvard University Press.
- ISBN 978-1897747322.
- Ostrogorsky, George (1986). History of the Byzantine State. Rutgers University Press.
- Venning, T., ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.
- Gregory, T. (2005). A History of Byzantium (Blackwell History of the Ancient World), Wiley-Blackwell .
See also
External links
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