Leo V the Armenian

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Leo V the Armenian was a 9th-century Byzantine emperor best known for restoring and enforcing iconoclasm within the empire.

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Label Occurrences
Leo V the Armenian canonical 11
Emperor Leo V the Armenian 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
accessionToOffice military coup against Michael I Rangabe ⓘ
associatedWith Hagia Sophia ⓘ
birthName Leo ⓘ
capital Constantinople ⓘ
conflict Byzantine–Bulgarian wars ⓘ
Revolt of Thomas the Slav ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateOfDeath 25 December 820 ⓘ
dynasty Leo V dynasty ⓘ
era Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
father Bardas ⓘ
linked to: Bardas Skleros
governmentForm Byzantine autocracy ⓘ
implementedBy iconoclastic council of 815 ⓘ
killedBy supporters of Michael II ⓘ
knownFor enforcing iconoclastic policies ⓘ
restoring iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
mannerOfDeath assassination ⓘ
militaryRank strategos ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Versinikia ⓘ
Christmas Day assassination in Hagia Sophia ⓘ
notableWork restoration of Byzantine iconoclasm ⓘ
occupation emperor ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeContested Byzantine throne ⓘ
opponent Thomas the Slav ⓘ
placeOfBurial Constantinople ⓘ
placeOfDeath Constantinople ⓘ
policy persecution of iconodules ⓘ
positionHeld Byzantine emperor ⓘ
Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
predecessor Michael I Rangabe ⓘ
reignEnd 820 ⓘ
reignStart 813 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousPolicy iconoclasm ⓘ
residence Great Palace of Constantinople ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Theodosia ⓘ
succeededBy Amorian dynasty ⓘ
successor Michael II ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ
title Basileus Rhomaion ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Iconoclasm → significantPerson → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → involvedRuler → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Euphrosyne → relative → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Theophanes the Confessor → imprisonedBy → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Battle of Versinikia → commander → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Battle of Versinikia → opponentOf → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Nikephoros I of Constantinople → conflictWith → Emperor Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Leo V the Armenian
Omurtag of Bulgaria → opponent → Emperor Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Leo V the Armenian
Michael I Rangabe → successor → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
subject linked to: Emperor Michael I Rangabe
Michael I Rangabe → abdicatedInFavorOf → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
subject linked to: Emperor Michael I Rangabe
Michael I Rangabe → deposedBy → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
subject linked to: Emperor Michael I Rangabe
Krum of Bulgaria → opponent → Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
Iconoclast controversy → keyFigure → Emperor Leo V the Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Leo V the Armenian