Basil I
Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886 · Turkey · Historical Figures · Lived 811 to 886 · aged 75
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Something wrong?A peasant who became emperor by marrying his predecessor's mistress, then killing that predecessor. Basil I seized the Byzantine throne through murder in 867 and founded a dynasty that would rule for nearly two centuries.
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Born in 811 to a peasant family in Macedonia, Basil climbed into the inner circle of Emperor Michael III, who ordered him to marry the imperial mistress. Michael made him co-emperor in 866. A year later, fearing his own eclipse, Basil had Michael assassinated and took sole power. The move was ruthless, but his reign proved capable: he launched a wholesale revision of Byzantine law that became the Basilika, crushed the Paulician heretics in 872, and pushed Byzantine influence back into Italy through alliance with the Carolingians. He died in a hunting accident in 886. His son Leo VI inherited the throne - though some whispered Leo was actually Michael's.
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