Ruler · 813 – 842

Theophilos

Lived 813 – 842; ruler. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 829 – 842.

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Lived: 813 – 842; 29 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Byzantine Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 58th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

54 before

Michael I Rangabe811 – 813

Leo V the Armenian813 – 820

Michael II820 – 829

Theophilos829 – 842

Michael III842 – 867

Basil I867 – 886

Leo VI the Wise886 – 912

52 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 829 – 842 · 13 years · came to it aged 16

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 842, the year they died

On 2 October 829, Theophilos succeeded his father as sole emperor.

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