Michael IV the Paphlagonian
id:
michael-iv-the-paphlagonian-184-5459546
title:
Michael IV the Paphlagonian
text:
Michael IV the Paphlagonian was Byzantine Emperor from 11 April 1034 to his death on 10 December 1041. The son of a peasant, Michael worked as a money changer until he was found a job at court by his brother John the Orphanotrophos. He caught the eye of the empress Zoë Porphyrogenita and they began a tempestuous and flagrant affair. It is believed that they conspired to murder her husband, Emperor Romanos III Argyros, who died in 1034. Michael and Zoë were married the same day and Michael was cr
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Byzantine emperor from 1034 to 1041
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian
date created:
2002-08-21T15:38:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T04:14:29Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q41654","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41654"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian_%28cropped%29.jpg","width":380,"height":447}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16