general Artabasdos, byzantine emperor

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a) ANNA ([705/10]-after [772]). ... .... ....

m (betrothed 715, after Mar 717) ARTABASDOS, son of --- (-before [772], bur Chora Monastery). His parentage is not known. Strategos of the theme of Armeniakon. His future father-in-law allied himself with Artabasdos in his bid for the throne, promising him his daughter's hand and the title kouropalates, the third highest honour in the empire, after cæsar and nobilissimus, usually reserved for members of the imperial family. Emperor Leon appointed him strategos (governor) of the theme of Opsikion: an undated seal records “Artavasde patrice curopalate et comte de l’Opsikion impérial gardé de Dieu”[650]. After the accession of his brother-in-law Konstantinos V in 741, Artabasdos rebelled against the new emperor, routed his army in Opsikion and proclaimed himself emperor in 742. The Anastasii Historia Ecclesiastica ex Theophane records that "Artahuasdus…Nicephorum æque filium suum" was crowned "mense…Maio cum Artahuasdus"[651]. As the declared champion of the cult of images, he gathered support in Constantinople where he was crowned by the patriarch Anastasios. He was supported by the themes of Thrace, Opsikion and Armeniakon, and recognised as emperor by Rome. Konstantinos's army defeated him at Sardis in Lydia in May 743. After Emperor Konstantinos re-entered Constantinople in Nov 743, Artabasdos and his two sons were blinded (a punishment, practised throughout the eastern Mediterranean area during medieval times, inflicted because blindness was considered an impediment to ruling and therefore constituted an effective way of disempowering an opponent short of killing him, although many did succumb as a result of the treatment). Theophanes records that "Artahuasdus cum duobus filiis suis" were captured and blinded[652]. They were banished to the monastery of Chora on the outskirts of Constantinople with his wife and other children[653].

Artabasdos had nine children: