Michael VI Bringas

Michael VI Bringas
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Gold tetarteron of Michael's reign
Byzantine emperor
Reign31 August 1056 –
30 August 1057
Coronation22 August 1056[1]
PredecessorTheodora Porphyrogenita
SuccessorIsaac I Komnenos
Diedafter 1057

Michael VI Bringas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Βρίγγας; died c. 1057), also called Stratiotikos (Greek: Στρατιωτικός, "the military one, the warlike") and the Old (Greek: γέρων, geron), reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1056 to 1057.[2]

  1. ^ Jonathan Shepard (1977). «Isaac Comnenus' coronation day». Byzantinoslavica 38: 22–30.
  2. ^ Kazhdan 1991, p. 1366.