Ruler · 775 – 821

Leo V the Armenian

Lived 775 – 821. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 813 – 820.

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Lived: 775 – 821; 46 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 56th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

52 before

Staurakios811

Staurakios811 – 813

Michael I Rangabe811 – 813

Leo V the Armenian813 – 820

Michael II820 – 829

Theophilos829 – 842

Michael III842 – 867

54 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 813 – 820 · 7 years · came to it aged 38

Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

He was assassinated by supporters of Michael the Amorian, one of his most trusted generals, who succeeded him on the throne in 820.

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