Ruler · 840 – 867

Michael III

Lived 840 – 867. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 842 – 867.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 840 – 867; 27 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 59th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

55 before

Leo V the Armenian813 – 820

Michael II820 – 829

Theophilos829 – 842

Michael III842 – 867

Basil I867 – 886

Leo VI the Wise886 – 912

Alexander912 – 913

51 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 842 – 867 · 25 years · came to it aged 2

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

In 867, Michael was assassinated by his successor, Basil I.

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