# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/petronas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:35:17.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/petronas"
name: "Petronas"
slug: "petronas"
description: "Petronas was a notable Byzantine general and leading aristocrat during the mid-9th century. Petronas was a brother of Empress Theodora and hence brother-in-law of Emperor Theophilos, under whom he advanced to the high court rank of patrikios and the post of commander of the Vigla guard regiment. After Theophilos' death, he played a role in the ending of Iconoclasm, but was sidelined along with his brother Bardas during the minority of his nephew, Michael III, when power was held by the regent Theoktistos. In 855, Petronas and Bardas encouraged Michael III to seize control of the government: Theoktistos was murdered, Theodora banished to a monastery, Bardas became Michael's chief minister, and Petronas was tasked with the war against the Arabs. In 863, he scored a crushing victory at the Battle of Lalakaon, a feat which marked the gradual beginning of a Byzantine counter-offensive in the East. Promoted to the rank of magistros and the office of Domestic of the Schools, he died in 865."
tagline: "9th-century Byzantine military leader and aristocrat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petronas_with_John_the_monk.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "0865-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.06
  momentum:             0.6284153005464481
  historical:           13.34733733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Петрон (доместік схол)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بتروناس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Петрон Мамиконян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrones_(general)"
    title: "Petrones (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%82"
    title: "Πετρωνάς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_(general)"
    title: "Petronas (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_(general)"
    title: "Petronas (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_(g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral)"
    title: "Petronas (général)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BD_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Պետրոնաս Մամիկոնյան"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_sang_Patrician"
    title: "Petronas sang Patrician"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_(generale)"
    title: "Petronas (generale)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_(generaal)"
    title: "Petronas (generaal)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas%2C_o_Patr%C3%ADcio"
    title: "Petronas, o Patrício"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Petronas (komutan)"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593876"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump