Michael Iii (Byzantine Emperor)
Said Michael III the is an Emperor Byzantine born in 840 , who reigned from 842 to 867.
Summary |
He succeeded his father the emperor Theophilus at the age of three years on 21 January 842. As regent, his mother Theodora has initially the real power with the help of his brother Patrick Bardas and requires the definitive restoration of the worship of images that ends the crisis and the iconoclastic 11 March 843.
Recommended by logothete Teoctist , however Theodora triggers a terrible persecution against Paulicians , who were massacred and their property confiscated, the survivors fled to the emir of Malatya , Omar Ibn Abdullah.
On the other hand, the Empress is totally neglected the education of his son who is rapidly becoming a debauched. Bardas incites him to shut Michael III Theodora in a convent to govern alone in 856. In reality it Bardas governing, leaving his nephew to his wives and banquets.
The personal reign (855-867)
The personal reign of Michael III begins after the murder, on his order, the November 20 855 , of Thoktistos.
Incapable of governing, Michael III leaves the government business to his uncle Bardas , which will prove very effective indeed: his reign, and under the influence of the Patriarch of Constantinople Photios , St. Cyril and St. Method start evangelizing Slavic peoples from 863 and in 864 the Tsar Bulgaria Boris I also converted to Christianity, Michael III military is facing a revolt of the Slavic peoples of the empire, crushed in 849 by General Thoktistos Vriennon , then the Russian expansion whose fleet was destroyed in 865 by a storm timely.
As for the Arab expansion in Asia Minor , it is contained by the great victory of another maternal uncle of the emperor, Petronas ( 863 ), and compensates for the defeat of the Byzantine army led by Michael III in person ( 860 ). For cons, the Crete is not included.
The new favorite of the emperor, Basil the Macedonian Emperor pushes to get rid of his uncle Bard 866. This crime sounded the end of the dynasty Amorian as Michael III did his favorite co-emperor.
Quickly tired of the behavior of Michael III, unable to control it, Basil had him assassinated on 23 September 867 Asylaion by his cousin and becomes sole emperor under the name of Basil I , thus ending the dynasty Amorian the benefit of the Macedonian dynasty. Michael is buried in the monastery of Chrysopolis.
Union and posterity
In 855 he married Eudoxia Dcapolitaine.
Bibliography
- Jean Skylitzes Emperors of Constantinople "Synopsis Historin" translated and annotated by Bernard Flusin pat Jean-Claude P. Cheynet editions Lethilleux Paris 2003 ( ISBN 2283604591 ) "Michael, son of Theophilus, with his mother, p.73-100.
| Preceded by | Michael III the Drunkard | Followed by | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theophilus |
| Basil I. |
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