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Bardas was the regent
Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
 (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III
Michael III

Michael III the Drunkard , , Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty....
. Bardas was the purported son of Marinos Mamikonian
Mamikonian

Mamikonian or Mamikoneans was a noble family which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th century. They ruled the Armenian regions of Taron , Sasun, Bagrevand and others....
 and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. Theodora and Theophilus were the parents of Michael III. With the death of Theophilus, young Michael ascended to the throne with the Regency of Empress Theodora
Theodora (9th century)

Theodora was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus ....
 and her two brothers, Bardas and Petronas
Petronas (The Patrician)

Petronas the Patrician , was a Byzantine general and the brother of Theodora and Bardas, uncle to the Byzantine emperor Michael III. After the death of Theophilus , young Michael ascended to the throne with the regency of Theodora and the assistance of Bardas and Petronas....
 the patrician.

Michael III
Michael III

Michael III the Drunkard , , Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty....
 (842-867), the son of Theophilus (emperor), was only 3 years old, when his father died.






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Bardas was the regent
Regent

A regent, from the Latin regens "reigning", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present or debilitated....
 (856-866) of Byzantine Emperor Michael III
Michael III

Michael III the Drunkard , , Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty....
. Bardas was the purported son of Marinos Mamikonian
Mamikonian

Mamikonian or Mamikoneans was a noble family which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th century. They ruled the Armenian regions of Taron , Sasun, Bagrevand and others....
 and the brother of Theodora, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilus. Theodora and Theophilus were the parents of Michael III. With the death of Theophilus, young Michael ascended to the throne with the Regency of Empress Theodora
Theodora (9th century)

Theodora was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus ....
 and her two brothers, Bardas and Petronas
Petronas (The Patrician)

Petronas the Patrician , was a Byzantine general and the brother of Theodora and Bardas, uncle to the Byzantine emperor Michael III. After the death of Theophilus , young Michael ascended to the throne with the regency of Theodora and the assistance of Bardas and Petronas....
 the patrician.

Michael III
Michael III

Michael III the Drunkard , , Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty....
 (842-867), the son of Theophilus (emperor), was only 3 years old, when his father died. His education and instruction was not proper because the young emperor was neglected by his mother, Empress Theodora
Theodora (9th century)

Theodora was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus ....
, and was influenced by his uncle, the logothetis Bardas (Vardas). As a result, Michael became salacious and debauchee, who entrusted the government to his capable uncle, Bardas, whose administration was marked by the missions of saints Cyril and Methodius to the Slavs.

On 849 Bardas together with logothetis Theoktistos
Theoktistos

Theoktistos Vriennion , , was a Logothetes, a powerful Byzantine Empire official, responsible for the diplomatic relations of the Empire and a promoter of major educational programs within the Empire....
 initiated a far- reaching educational program and founded the University of Magnaura. It was during this regency that Leo the Mathematician
Leo the Mathematician

Leo the Mathematician or the Philosopher was a Byzantine philosophy and logician associated with the Macedonian Renaissance and the end of Iconoclasm....
, Photios who taught Greek Philosophy, and later Constantine-Cyril taught at the university. Among other professors were Theodoros who taught Geometry, Theodoghios, who taught Astronomy and Kometas who taught Greek Philology. In 856 Michael III
Michael III

Michael III the Drunkard , , Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third and traditionally last member of the Phrygian Dynasty....
 came of age and not wanting to share running the government with Theoktistos, Bardas has him murdered.

After a failed attack on Bardas in 858 by Theodora, Bardas also had his sister and her daughters imprisoned in the nunnery of Gastria
Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque

Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque is part of a former Eastern Orthodox monastery converted into a mosque by the Ottoman Empire. It is generally believed that the small building belonged to the Byzantine Empire Monastery of Gastria ....
; but Ignatius
Ignatius

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 refused to tonsure them and was deposed for treason.

Michael having grown tired of the ascendancy of Bardas, and feeling deeply offended at being ex­horted by him to lead a better life, Bardas was gradually superseded in favour of Basil I
Basil I

Basil I, called the Macedonian was a Byzantine Empire. He was perceived by Byzantines as one of their greatest emperors, the founder of one the most splendid imperial dynasties of Byzantium, the Macedonian dynasty , and the initiator of a Macedonian Renaissance of Byzantine art....
. Whether Bardas meant to exhort his nephew in reality or not is a matter of doubt, but he certainly did wish to establish his own elevation on the ruin of Michael. While preparing for a campaign against Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 in 866 Michael with the assistance of Basil I
Basil I

Basil I, called the Macedonian was a Byzantine Empire. He was perceived by Byzantines as one of their greatest emperors, the founder of one the most splendid imperial dynasties of Byzantium, the Macedonian dynasty , and the initiator of a Macedonian Renaissance of Byzantine art....
 have Bardas murdered and Basil was made Co-emperor.

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