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646:, who even broke communion with Tarasios for his passive stance. Plato's intransigence led to his own imprisonment, while his monastic supporters were persecuted and exiled to Thessalonica. The "Moechian Controversy" cost Constantine what popularity he had left, especially in the church establishment, which Irene took care to vocally support against her own son.
46:
473:. The regency ended when Constantine reached maturity, but Irene sought to remain an active participant in the government. After a brief interval of sole rule Constantine named his mother empress in 792, making her his official colleague.
484:. Taking advantage of her son's unpopularity, Irene had Constantine deposed, blinded and imprisoned in 797 and seized power for herself alone, becoming the first Empress regnant of the Empire. Constantine likely died shortly thereafter.
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After a conspiracy against Irene was suppressed in the spring of 790 she attempted to get official recognition as empress. This backfired and with military support
Constantine finally came to actual power in 790, after the
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as 'Emperor of the Romans'. Based on the assertion that a woman could not be
Empress in her own right, this laid the foundations of a new polity, independent of the East, that would evolve into the
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619:. Constantine had his uncle's eyes put out and the tongues of his father's four other half-brothers cut off. His former Armenian supporters revolted after he had blinded their general
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rebelled against Irene. Nevertheless, after campaigning unsuccessfully in the
Balkans, Constantine restored his mother in 792 after just two years out of power and made her co-ruler.
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Constantine VI was the final ruler to be universally recognized as
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claimed to be
Constantine VI in an effort to gain support against
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Grierson, Philip; Mango, Cyril; Ševčenko, Ihor (1962).
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679:(790 – after 836), who married Emperor
623:. He crushed this revolt with extreme cruelty in 793.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople
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566:, who had been forced into exile after the Frankish
1187:. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
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944:Ottorino Bertolini, "Adelchi, re dei Longobardi",
714:Leo IV with his son and co-emperor Constantine VI.
610:. A movement developed in favor of his uncle, the
449:, 14 January 771 – before 805), sometimes called
2733:Byzantine people of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
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1125:Cutler, Anthony; Hollingsworth, Paul A. (1991).
816:reached the City on Saturday morning, 15 August
693:Leo (7 October 796 – 1 May 797)
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523:Constantine VI was the only child of Emperor
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1184:A History of the Byzantine State and Society
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649:On 19 August 797 Constantine was captured,
457:from 780 to 797. The only child of Emperor
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1108:Irène de Byzance: la femme empereur
519:Early life and the regency of Irene
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1163:. New York and London: Routledge.
1136:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
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16:Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797
1081:, pp. 85–87, 260 (Note 67).
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499:powers over which the pope held
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1110:. Passé simple. Paris: Perrin.
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929:James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
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807:Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
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2763:780s in the Byzantine Empire
2758:8th-century Christian saints
1209:Ostrogorsky, George (1956).
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2773:Sons of Byzantine emperors
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2573:Andronikos III Palaiologos
2460:Nikephoros III Botaneiates
1215:. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
786:List of Byzantine emperors
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626:He then divorced his wife
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21:Not to be confused with
2728:Medieval child monarchs
2413:Eudokia Makrembolitissa
2047:Tiberius II Constantine
1009:Oxford University Press
907:Майоров, А. В. (2014).
887:. Thames & Hudson.
778:Byzantine Empire portal
2783:Christian royal saints
2568:Michael IX Palaiologos
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51:Constantine VI – gold
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2656:Trapezuntine emperors
2617:John VIII Palaiologos
2612:Manuel II Palaiologos
2583:John VI Kantakouzenos
2499:Andronikos I Komnenos
2336:Constantine Lekapenos
1364:and empresses regnant
1038:Dumbarton Oaks Papers
933:The Holy Roman Empire
919:(1-2), 188-233 (226).
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381:Twenty Years' Anarchy
38:Emperor of the Romans
2753:Saints from Anatolia
2600:John VII Palaiologos
2548:Theodore II Laskaris
2408:Constantine X Doukas
2348:Nikephoros II Phokas
2531:Theodore I Laskaris
2516:Alexios III Angelos
2494:Alexios II Komnenos
2418:Romanos IV Diogenes
2373:Romanos III Argyros
2319:Romanos I Lekapenos
644:Plato of Sakkoudion
634:, an unpopular and
608:Battle of Marcellae
531:. Constantine was
390:Nikephorian dynasty
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2578:John V Palaiologos
2521:Alexios IV Angelos
2470:Constantine Doukas
2465:Alexios I Komnenos
2453:Constantine Doukas
2436:Michael VII Doukas
2398:Michael VI Bringas
1964:Romulus Augustulus
1587:Trebonianus Gallus
1580:Herennius Etruscus
1362:Byzantine emperors
1288:Political offices
1131:Kazhdan, Alexander
871:, pp. 501–502
756:Manasses Chronicle
640:Patriarch Tarasios
604:Kardam of Bulgaria
2788:Byzantine consuls
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2489:Manuel I Komnenos
2228:Michael I Rangabe
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1513:Severus Alexander
1481:Septimius Severus
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1313:Succeeded by
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1265:Byzantine Emperor
1179:Treadgold, Warren
1170:978-0-415-14688-3
1117:978-2-262-00738-6
986:, pp. 84–85.
894:978-0-500-77733-6
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2712:Categories
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2429:Nikephoros
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2343:Romanos II
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495:and the
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117:Co-ruler
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2482:Alexios
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