• Raiktor or Raictor was an Eastern Orthodox monk who assumed the identity of Byzantine Emperor Michael VII. He participated in the Norman campaigns of...
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    Guiscard mounted an attack on the Byzantine Empire, taking up the cause of Raiktor, a monk pretending to be Michael VII, who had been deposed in 1078. Robert...
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  • Commanders and leaders Constantine IX David Arianites † Kekaumenos Constantine (raiktor) Hervé Frankopoulos Samuel Bourtzes Michael Dokeianos † Kegen † Basil Apokapes †...
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    Yemelyan Pugachev (c. 1742–1775), who claimed to be Peter III of Russia Raiktor (fl. 1081), an Eastern Orthodox monk who assumed the identity of Byzantine...
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    possibly given quasi-imperial honors before 945, subsequently magistros and raiktor, died after 963; he married and was the father of: Helene; she married...
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  • Cantacuzino Ragnaris Ragnvald Ingvarsson Ragusa Ragusa, 866–868 Siege of Raiktor Rainerio of Travale Rainulf Drengot Ralph-Johannes Lilie Raoul (Byzantine...
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  • he declared himself the independent ruler of the province of Cilicia. Raiktor (1081) – an Eastern Orthodox monk who assumed the identity of Michael VII...
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