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Theophilos (emperor)

Theophilos (emperor)
Theophilus, in the Chronicle of John Skylitzes
Monarch information
NameTheophilos
ReignOctober 2, 829 � January 20, 842
PredecessorMichael II
SuccessorMichael III
ConsortTheodora
OffspringConstantine
Michael
Maria
Thekla
Anna
Anastasia
Pulcheria
DynastyPhrygian Dynasty
FatherMichael II
MotherThekla

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Theophilos ( ; 813 � 20 January 842) was the Byzantine emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Phrygian dynasty, and the last emperor supporting iconoclasm. Theophilos personally led the armies in his life-long war against the Arabs beginning in 831.


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