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Michael V Kalaphates

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Michael V Kalaphates was Byzantine emperor for four months in 1041 and 1042. He was the nephew and successor of Michael IV and the adoptive son of Michael IV's wife, Empress Zoe. He was popularly nicknamed the Caulker, Kalaphates in Greek, after his father's original trade.

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