Ruler · 530 – 600

Sophia

Lived 530 – 600. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 565 – 578; also in the line of Justinian dynasty.

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Lived: 530 – 600; 70 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 26th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

22 before

Theodora527 – 548

Justinian I527 – 565

Justin II565 – 574

Sophia565 – 578

Tiberius II Constantine574 – 582

Ino Anastasia578 – 582

Maurice582 – 602

84 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 565 – 578 · 13 years · came to it aged 35

Came to it: the spouse of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 578; they died in 600

Also in the line of Justinian dynasty (5th of 8).

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