Ruler · 1010 – 1041

Michael IV the Paphlagonian

Lived 1010 – 1041. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 1034 – 1041.

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Lived: 1010 – 1041; 31 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 72nd of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

68 before

Basil II976 – 1025

Constantine VIII1025 – 1028

Romanos III Argyros1028 – 1034

Michael IV the Paphlagonian1034 – 1041

Michael V Kalaphates1041 – 1042

Constantine IX Monomachos1042 – 1055

Zoe Porphyrogenita1042 – 1055

38 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 1034 – 1041 · 7 years · came to it aged 24

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

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