Michael I Rangabe
Byzantine emperor
b. c. 770 · d. 11 Jan 844
Michael I Rangabe was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813. A courtier of Emperor Nikephoros I, he survived the disastrous campaign against the Bulgars and was preferred as imperial successor over Staurakios, who was severely injured. He was proclaimed emperor by Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople on 2 October 811.
Related people
- Theophylact Rhangabe child of · traditional
- Staurakios parent of · traditional
- Saint Paul of Xeropotamou parent of · traditional
- Ignatius of Constantinople parent of · traditional
- Theophylact parent of · traditional
- Prokopia spouse of · traditional
Places
- Constantinople birth
- Kınalıada death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.