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en-wikipedia-org-7974		Michael I Rangabe - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1745	336	62	This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Michael was the son of the patrician Theophylact Rhangabe, the admiral of the Aegean fleet.[1] He married Prokopia, the daughter of the future Emperor Nikephoros I,[2] and received the high court dignity of kouropalatēs after his father-in-law's accession in 802. After an initial success in spring 813, Michael's army prepared for a major engagement at Versinikia near Adrianople in June.[2] The imperial army was defeated, while Leo the Armenian fled from the battle.[2] With conspiracy in the air, Michael preempted events by abdicating on 11 July 813 in favor of the general Leo the Armenian and becoming a monk (under the name Athanasios).[7][2] His sons were castrated and relegated into monasteries,[7] one of them, Niketas (renamed Ignatios), eventually becoming Patriarch of Constantinople.[8] Michael died 11 January 844.[9] A History of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I, (802–867). Michael I Rangabe with son Theophylact as co-emperor	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7974.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7974.txt