# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-iii
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:24:45.390Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-iii"
name: "Michael III"
slug: "michael-iii"
description: "The Byzantine emperor who ruled for twenty-five years and died at twenty-seven, knifed by the man he'd raised to co-emperor. Later dynasties called him \"the Drunkard\" to justify the murder, but the record shows a reign that steadied an empire."
tagline: "Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_III_supervises_a_convention_of_clergy_and_secular_persons_Chronicle_of_John_Skylitzes.jpg"
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birthDate: "0840-01-09"
deathDate: "0867-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           23.08469866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Michael III took the throne at age two in 842, the last of the Amorian dynasty. He was the youngest person ever to hold the imperial title — crowned somewhere between four and eight months old — and the youngest to succeed as senior emperor in Roman history. His quarter-century reign saw a resurgence of Byzantine power in the ninth century, though the specifics of that revival were later obscured by hostility. In 867, his co-emperor Basil I assassinated him. The Macedonian dynasty that followed needed to justify the killing, so they branded him "the Drunkard" and let that name stick for centuries.