id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2558 Michael III - Wikipedia .html text/html 3275 431 65 Michael III (Greek: Μιχαήλ; 839 or 840 – 24 September 867) was Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. With the support of Bardas and another uncle, a successful general named Petronas, Michael III overthrew the regency on 15 March 856 and relegated his mother and sisters to a monastery in 857.[5] Now without serious rivals, Basil was crowned co-emperor on 26 May 866 and was adopted by the much younger Michael III. When Leo VI became ruling emperor in 886, one of his first acts was to have Michael's body exhumed and reburied, with great ceremony, in the imperial mausoleum in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.[21] 833–835) and Michael III (840–842) as co-emperors The reign and personality of Michael III are difficult to evaluate because of the hostile accounts written by Byzantine authors operating under Basil I and his successors. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2558.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2558.txt