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Michael I Rangabe | |||||
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Emperor of the Romans | |||||
Byzantine emperor | |||||
Reign | 2 October 811 – 11 July 813 | ||||
Coronation | 2 October 811 Hagia Sophia | ||||
Predecessor | Staurakios | ||||
Successor | Leo V | ||||
Co-emperors | Theophylact (811–813) Staurakios (II) (811–?) | ||||
Born | c. 770 | ||||
Died | 11 January 844 (aged 73) Prote Island (now Kınalıada, Turkey) | ||||
Burial | Church on Prote Island, transferred to the Monastery of Satyros[1] | ||||
Spouse | Prokopia | ||||
Issue | Theophylaktos Staurakios Niketas Georgo Theophano | ||||
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Dynasty | Nikephorian | ||||
Father | Theophylact Rhangabe |
Michael I Rangabé (also spelled Rangabe or Rhangabe; Greek: Μιχαὴλ Ῥαγγαβέ, romanized: Mikhaḗl Rangabé; c. 770 – 11 January 844) was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813.
Michael was the son of the patrician Theophylact Rhangabe, the admiral of the Aegean fleet.[2] He married Prokopia, the daughter of the former Emperor Nikephoros I,[3] and received the high court dignity of kouropalatēs after his father-in-law's accession in 802.