Ruler · 770 – 829

Michael II

Lived 770 – 829; military leader. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 820 – 829.

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Lived: 770 – 829; 59 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 57th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

53 before

Staurakios811 – 813

Michael I Rangabe811 – 813

Leo V the Armenian813 – 820

Michael II820 – 829

Theophilos829 – 842

Michael III842 – 867

Basil I867 – 886

53 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 820 – 829 · 9 years · came to it aged 50

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 829, the year they died

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