Michael VII Doukas or Ducas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Δούκας, romanized: Mikhaḗl Doúkas), nicknamed Parapinakes (Greek: Παραπινάκης, lit. 'minus a quarter', a reference...
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Constantine Doukas or Ducas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας, Kōnstantinos Doukas, c. 1074 – c. 1095) was Byzantine junior emperor from 1074 to 1078, and again...
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Constantine X Doukas or Ducas (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δούκας, Kōnstantinos X Doukas, c. 1006 – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was...
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brother John Doukas, katepano and later Caesar, Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071), Constantine's son Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078), Michael's son and...
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Michael VI to Isaac I Komnenos in 1057; then from Isaac Komnenos to Constantine X Doukas (1059), then again from Romanos IV Diogenes to Michael VII Doukas...
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Empire. Andronikos Doukas was son of the Caesar John Doukas and Eirene Pegonitissa. His father was a brother of Emperor Constantine X Doukas. His maternal...
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of Byzantine emperor Constantine X Doukas (r. 1059–1067) and younger brother of Byzantine emperor Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078). Unlike his other brothers...
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advantage of his capture, members of the Doukas family declared Romanos deposed and proclaimed Michael VII Doukas as emperor in a palace coup. When released...
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Michael Doukas may refer to: Michael VII Doukas (c. 1050–c. 1090), Byzantine emperor Michael I Komnenos Doukas (died 1215), ruler of the Despotate of Epirus...
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Constantine X Doukas (r. 1059–1067), his brother John Doukas, katepano and later Caesar, Constantine's son Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078), Michael's younger...
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Maria of Alania (section Empress of Michael VII Doukas)
მართა; 1053–1118) was Byzantine empress by marriages to emperors Michael VII Doukas and Nikephoros III Botaneiates. Her status as empress was considered...
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John Doukas (or Ducas) (Greek: Ιωάννης Δούκας, Iōannēs Doukas) (died c. 1088) was the son of Andronikos Doukas, a Paphlagonian Greek nobleman who may...
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defeated at Kalavrye by Alexios Komnenos. Konstantios Doukas (1078) – younger brother of Michael VII Doukas, he tried to assert his claim to the throne, but...
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successive marriages to Constantine X Doukas and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as regent of her minor son, Michael VII in 1067, and resigned her regency...
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little definitely known concerning the ancestry of Alexios Doukas Mourtzouphlos. The noble Doukas clan were not the only Doukai, as the surname was also employed...
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Constantinople in the 1070s. The crown was presented by the Byzantine Emperor Michael VII Doukas to the King Géza I of Hungary; both are depicted and named in the...
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Constantine X Doukas and Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa. Upon his birth, he was elevated to junior emperor, along with his brother Michael VII. He remained...
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John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γ´ Δούκας Βατάτζης, Iōannēs III Doukas Vatatzēs, c. 1192 – 3 November 1254), was...
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events, such as his bias against Nikephoros's predecessor, Emperor Michael VII Doukas. The Battle of Manzikert in 1071 is mentioned only in a single paragraph...
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Michael V Kalaphates (Greek: Μιχαήλ Καλαφάτης, Michaḗl Kalaphátēs) was Byzantine emperor for four months in 1041–1042. He was the nephew and successor...
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to Michael VII Doukas and secondly to Nikephoros III Botaneiates, she was preoccupied with the future of her son by Michael VII, Constantine Doukas. Nikephoros III...
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"Stratiotikos", chosen by Theodora Michael VII Doukas (c. 1050–1078), called "Parapinakes", eldest son of Constantine X Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223–1282)...
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Michael VII Doukas, Nikephoros Basilakes was posted to Paphlagonia and subsequently made doux of Dyrrachion. In the collapse of the regime of Michael...
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III.8, IV.21. Philo, Flaccus V.26–28. Philo, Flaccus VI.43. Philo, Flaccus VII.45. Philo, Flaccus XXI.185. Barrett 2015, pp. 207–212. Josephus, XVIII.7...
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Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 6 November 2019. Gagarin, Michael (2009). Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press. p. 51. Tabbernee...
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virtual ruler of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078). His actual name was Nikephoros; he received the nickname...
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in Nicaea, where he died. Alexios III was the second son of Andronikos Doukas Angelos and Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa. Andronikos was himself a son of Theodora...
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this part of his history during the reign of Constantine Doukas and his son Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078). No contemporary or later source, not even...
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Antiquity to the Present. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-76190-2. Michael Grant (1996). The Severans: The Changed Roman Empire. Psychology Press...
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the anti-western courtier Alexios Doukas Murzuphlus with a mission to gain Crusader support. However, Alexios Doukas imprisoned both Alexios IV and his...
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