Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameMichael II Eastern Roman Emperor, 37G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for Michael II Eastern Roman Emperor
According to "History of the Byzantine Empire",by A.A. Vasilev, Michael II was one of the commanders of the guards of Emperor Leo V, who was himself a military commander who rose to the throne after the last of the Syrian Dynasty Emperors, Michael I, was deposed as the result of
his unsuccessful campaign against the Bulgarians. Michael II, surnamed "The Stammerer", came from the fortress of Amorian in Phrygia, a province in Asia Minor, hence the name of his dynasty - Amorian or Phrygian. He was a coarse and ignorant provincial who spent his youth in
Phrygia "among heretics, Hebrews, and half-hellenized Phrygians." One late Syrian source asserts even that he was a Jew by birth. He reigned from 820 to 829.
his unsuccessful campaign against the Bulgarians. Michael II, surnamed "The Stammerer", came from the fortress of Amorian in Phrygia, a province in Asia Minor, hence the name of his dynasty - Amorian or Phrygian. He was a coarse and ignorant provincial who spent his youth in
Phrygia "among heretics, Hebrews, and half-hellenized Phrygians." One late Syrian source asserts even that he was a Jew by birth. He reigned from 820 to 829.