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Michael VI Bringas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Βρίγγας; died c. 1057), also called Stratiotikos (Greek: Στρατιωτικός, "the military one, the warlike") and the Old (Greek:...

conspiracy of the dissatisfied eastern generals against the newly crowned Michael VI Bringas. Proclaimed emperor by his followers on 8 June 1057, he rallied...

Constantine VI in an effort to gain support against Michael II. However, most modern scholars dismiss this as a later fabrication. Constantine VI was the...

Pope Michael VI of Alexandria was the 92nd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 1476/1477 to 1478. Meinardus, Otto F.A. (1999)...

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Latin: Iohannes Cantacuzenus;...

Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise (Greek: Λέων ὁ Σοφός, romanized: Léōn ho Sophós, 19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912...

Zoë, came from a peasant family Michael V Kalaphates (1015–1042), or "the Caulker", nephew of Michael IV Michael VI Bringas (d. 1059), called "Stratiotikos"...

Patriarch Michael VI (died 1592) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch from 1576 to 1581, and antipatriarch of Antioch from 1581 to 1583. Upon the death...

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria also called Abba Kyrillos VI, Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲋ̅ ; (2 August 1902 – 9 March 1971; 26 Epip 1618 – 30 Meshir 1687)...

consolidated by Empress Irene and Emperors Constantine VI and Nikephoros in the previous decades. Michael was convinced by Nikephoros and Theodore to reject...

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth...

diminution of corn measures by the fraction known as a pinakion". Michael Attaleiates, VI.37: "This was on the eve of the day of the Annunciation [...] They...

Basil I: Leo VI, who succeeded Basil I as emperor in 886 Stephen I, patriarch of Constantinople. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael III. Byzantine...

accident in 886, he was succeeded by his son Leo VI, also rumoured to have been the son of Michael III. Basil was born to peasant parents in late 811...

from Michael VI to Isaac I Komnenos in 1057; then from Isaac Komnenos to Constantine X Doukas (1059), then again from Romanos IV Diogenes to Michael VII...

Θεοφύλακτος; c. 793 – 15 January 849) was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Michael I Rangabe (r. 811–813) and grandson, on his mother's side, of Nikephoros...

to believe it. Eventually he was persuaded and Bringas was crowned as Michael VI. Theodora died a few hours later and with her death, the Macedonian dynasty's...

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland...

Patriarch Michael I closed the Latin churches in his area, which exacerbated the schism. In 1965, those excommunications were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and...

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547...