caption father dynasty predecessor successor mother death_date title queen birth_date issue image article_title name reign
theophilus skylitzes , in the '' chronicle '' of john michael ii phrygian dynasty michael ii michael iii thekla 20 january 842 -lrb- aged 28 -rrb- emperor of the byzantine empire theodora 813 constantine anna , anastasia , pulcheria , michael iii , maria , thekla , emperor theophilos chronicle of john skylitzes.jpg theophilos -lrb- emperor -rrb-
 theophilus 2 october 829 -- 20 january 842
theophilos -lrb- emperor -rrb-

theophilos -lrb- ; 813 -- 20 january 842 -rrb- was the byzantine emperor from 829 until his death in 842 .
he was the second emperor of the amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm .
theophilos personally led the armies in his lifelong war against the arabs , beginning in 831 .
