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Michael V Kalaphates
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Byzantine emperor
Key facts
- Reign
- 13 December 1041 – 21 April 1042
- Predecessor
- Michael IV
- Successor
- Zoe and Theodora
- Augusta
- Zoe
- Born
- roughly 1015
- Died
- Monastery of Stoudios , Constantinople , (now Istanbul , Turkey )
- Dynasty
- Macedonian (by adoption)
- Father
- Stephen, a caulker Michael IV the Paphlagonian (adoptive)
- Mother
- Maria, a Paphlagonian Zoë Porphyrogenita (adoptive)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Paphlagonia
- Place of death
- Monastery of Stoudios
- Mother
- Theodora Porphyrogenita
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- Byzantine emperor
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Family
- Macedonian dynasty
- Image
- Histamenon nomisma-Micael V-sb1776.jpg
- Voice type
- castrato
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- Michael V
- date of death
- 1042-08-24
- date of birth
- 1015-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael V Kalaphates (Ancient Greek: Μιχαήλ Καλαφάτης, Michaḗl Kalaphátēs) was Byzantine emperor for four months in 1041–1042. He was the nephew and successor of Michael IV and the adoptive son of Michael IV's wife Empress Zoe. He was popularly called "the Caulker" (Kalaphates) in accordance with his father's original occupation.
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