Michael II
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Michael II, called the Amorian and the Stammerer, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 25 December 820 to his death on 2 October 829, the first ruler of the Amorian dynasty.
Michael II, from the Madrid Skylitzes
Michael the Amorian having an argument with Leo V
Thomas the Slav forming an alliance with the Abbasids
Thomas the Slav is defeated by the army of Omurtag of Bulgaria.
Theophilos (emperor)
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Theophilos was Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm.
Michael II
…against the Bulgarians. Under Leo V, Michael was appointed to command the elite tagma of the Excubitors. Thekla and Michael had only one known son, Theophilos (813 – 20 January 842). The existence of a daughter called Helena is possible but there is a contradiction between different sources. Helena is known…
Theophilus, in the Chronicle of John Skylitzes
Theophilos on a coin of his father, Michael II, founder of the Amorian dynasty
Theophilos ordering the urban prefect to execute his father's co-conspirators, who were involved in the murder of Leo V
Theophilos celebrating a triumph through Constantinople