<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilos_(emperor)" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theophilos (emperor)">Theophilos</a> succeeds his father <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_II" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michael II">Michael II</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Emperor</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_2#cite_note-1" id="mwFA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwFQ">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt12" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFSkylitzesWortley2010">Skylitzes, John; Wortley, John (7 October 2010). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vGE8Xq832A0C&amp;pg=PA51" id="mwBrE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBrI">John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057: Translation and Notes</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. p.<span id="mwBrM" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>51. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBrU" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-1-139-48915-7" id="mwBrY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-139-48915-7"><bdi id="mwBrc">978-1-139-48915-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt12" class="Z3988" id="mwBrg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=John+Skylitzes%3A+A+Synopsis+of+Byzantine+History%2C+811%E2%80%931057%3A+Translation+and+Notes&amp;rft.pages=51&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2010-10-07&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-139-48915-7&amp;rft.aulast=Skylitzes&amp;rft.aufirst=John&amp;rft.au=Wortley%2C+John&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvGE8Xq832A0C%26pg%3DPA51&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+2"></span></span>