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en-wikipedia-org-7513		Michael VI Bringas - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1568	281	60	Michael VI Bringas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Βρίγγας), called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus ("the Military One", "the Warlike", or "the Bellicose") or Gerontas ("the Old"), reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1056 to 1057. Apparently a relative of the powerful courtier Joseph Bringas (influential during the reign of Romanos II),[4] Michael Bringas was an elderly patrician and a member of the court bureaucracy[citation needed] who had served as military finance minister (and hence the epithet Stratiotikos).[1] Michael Bringas was chosen by the empress Theodora as her successor shortly before her death on August 31, 1056.[5] The appointment had been secured through the influence of Leo Paraspondylos, Theodora's most trusted adviser. Although Michael managed to survive a conspiracy organized by Theodosios, a nephew of the former emperor Constantine IX Monomachos,[4] he was faced with the disaffection of the military aristocracy.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7513.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7513.txt