Lekapenos Theophilos Kourkouas, brother of John, strategos of Chaldia and later Domestic of the Schools Romanos Kourkouas, son of John Kourkouas and Domestic...

John Kourkouas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας, romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas, fl. c. 900–946), also transliterated as Kurkuas or Curcuas, was one of the most...

Theophilos Kourkouas (Greek: Θεόφιλος Κουρκούας, fl. ca. 920–960s) was a distinguished Byzantine general in the 10th century. He was also the grandfather...

John Kourkouas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας, romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas) was a senior Byzantine military commander who led a conspiracy against Emperor...

John Kourkouas or Curcuas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας) was the Byzantine catepan of Italy from 1008 to 1010. John belonging to the Kourkouas family of Armenian...

John Kourkouas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας, romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas) was a senior Byzantine military commander in 970–971. John was a scion of the...

Romanos Kourkouas (Greek: Ῥωμανός Κουρκούας) was a Byzantine aristocrat and senior military leader in the mid-10th century. Romanos was a scion of the...

present-day Çemişgezek in Tunceli Province. His father was a scion of the Kourkouas family, a clan of still debated Armenian origin that had established itself...

some exceptions, most notably the unparalleled 22-year tenure of John Kourkouas, or in times of domestic instability, Domestics were changed on the average...

distinguished general John Kourkouas (d. 946), one of the most important generals of the Byzantine Empire Theophilos Kourkouas (d. 960s), was a distinguished...

De Gruyter. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-3-11-015179-4. Morrisson, Cécile; Cheynet, Jean-Claude (2006). Le monde byzantin, Tome II: L'Empire byzantin, 641–1204 (in...

families of the military aristocracy, including Eustathios Argyros, John Kourkouas and Manuel Kourtikes, the droungarios occupied the 36th place in the imperial...

Melias next reappears in the campaigns of John Kourkouas, where he played a prominent role. In 927, Kourkouas and Melias attacked Melitene, and succeeded...

of Philotheos. London: Oxford University Press. OCLC 1046639111. Cheynet, Jean-Claude, ed. (2006), Le Monde Byzantin II: L'Empire byzantin (641–1204) (in...

emperor, of mixed Greek-Armenian descent from Cappadocia, a member of the Kourkouas family, and son of the sister of Nikephoros II Phokas that was member...

Phokas the Elder, who was neither a Muslim nor from Tarsos. The historian Jean-Claude Cheynet has speculated an Armenian or Georgian origin for the family...

capital in August 1143, he was crowned by the new patriarch, Michael II Kourkouas. A few days later, with nothing more to fear as his position as emperor...

Schools, but it is unclear when. Jean-François Vannier suggested the period between Pegae and June 922, when John Kourkouas held the post, but this seems...

The vanquisher of the Varangians/Russians was the famous general John Kourkouas, who continued the offensive with other noteworthy victories in Mesopotamia...

Kontostephanos (son of Stephen) John Kourkouas John Kourkouas (9th century) John Kourkouas (catepan) John Kourkouas (died 971) John Kyparissiotes John Lazaropoulos...

March – A wide-ranging conspiracy against Emperor Basil I, led by John Kourkouas, is uncovered. August 29 – Emperor Basil I the Macedonian dies from a...

byzantines. 19: 284–314. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1961.1264. Cheynet, Jean-Claude; Vannier, Jean-François (1986). Études Prosopographiques (in French). Paris,...