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Name:  Stavrakios
Brief biography:  Son of the Emperor Nikephoros I and raised to rule with him in 803, Stavrakios succeeded his father in 811, but, already wounded in battle, soon abdicated and retired, dying a few months later.
Nationality:  Byzantine
Occupation:  Ruler; Monk
Period of rule:  803-811
Date of death:  812-01-11
Place of death:  Istanbul

Son of the Emperor Nikephoros I and raised to rule with him in 803, Stavrakios was gravely wounded in the same battle in which his father died in 811, and though proclaimed emperor at Adrianople despite his brother-in-law Michael Rangabe having also claimed the throne, he was persuaded to abdicate and retire on 1st October 811. He died as a monk early the next year.

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Follis
Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Syracuse
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Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Syracuse
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Follis
Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Syracuse
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Follis
Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Syracuse
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Forty nummi
Constantinople; Nikephoros I; Stavrakios
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Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Forty nummi
Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Solidus
Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Solidus
Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Constantinople
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Tremissis
Nikephoros I; Stavrakios; Syracuse
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