# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-i-rangabe
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:11:44.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-i-rangabe"
name: "Michael I Rangabe"
slug: "michael-i-rangabe"
description: "He became Byzantine emperor by default when the heir apparent was too badly wounded to rule — then lost his throne two years later when his general walked off the battlefield and took the army with him."
tagline: "Byzantine emperor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_I.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "770"
deathDate: "0844-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.700453857791226
  historical:           22.21654
  currentAttention:     15.00252143217348
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Miguel I Rangabé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Miguel I Rangabé"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Michael I Rangabe was a courtier under Nikephoros I who survived the catastrophic 811 campaign against the Bulgars that killed the emperor and crippled his son Staurakios. Proclaimed emperor by Patriarch Nicephorus on 2 October 811, Michael leaned heavily on iconodule clerics and pursued conciliation: he recognised Charlemagne as emperor (though not of the Romans) and sought papal help in the Moechian controversy. His tentative command in a second war against the Bulgars ended in defeat at Versinikia. Leo the Armenian, stratēgos of the Anatolic Theme, abandoned him mid-battle and was proclaimed emperor by the military in 813 — the last time Byzantine soldiers would overthrow a ruler by force. Michael abdicated under pressure and withdrew to a monastery. His sons were castrated to close his line.