Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (born 793)

Theophylact (son of Michael I)

Byzantine co-emperor from 811 to 813

Theophylact or Theophylaktos was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor Michael I Rangabe and grandson, on his mother's side, of Nikephoros I. He was junior co-emperor alongside his father for the duration of the latter's reign, and was tonsured, castrated, and exiled to Plate…