Romanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ῥωμανός Διογένης, romanized: Rōmanos Diogenēs; c. 1030 – c. 1072) was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. Determined to halt...
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and Romanos IV Diogenes. She acted as regent of her minor son, Michael VII in 1067, and resigned her regency by marriage to Romanos IV Diogenes. When...
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Constantine Diogenes (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Διογένης; died 1073) was one of the sons of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068–1071). He was...
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decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and the capture of the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes played an important role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia...
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He was the father of Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes. Constantine Diogenes is the first notable member of the noble Diogenes family with origins from Cappadocia...
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1059–1067), his brother John Doukas, katepano and later Caesar, Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071), Constantine's son Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078)...
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Byzantine emperor around 1069–1071. He was born c. 1069 to Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes and Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa. He was elevated to junior emperor...
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Leo Diogenes (Greek: Λέων Διογένης, Leōn Diogenes, 1069 – 14 August 1087), styled as porphyrogenitus, was the son of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes...
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Constantine Diogenes Constantine Diogenes (son of Romanos IV) (died 1073) Nikephoros Diogenes (11th century), Byzantine general, son of Romanos IV "Diogenes" is...
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and 11th century. Romanos IV Diogenes was, by marriage to Eudokia Makrembolitissa, Byzantine Emperor between 1068 and 1071. Romanos led the Byzantine...
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emperor's daughter Zoë. Upon Constantine's death three days later, Romanos took the throne. Romanos has been recorded as a well-meaning but ineffective emperor...
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Romanos II (Greek: Ῥωμανός, romanized: Rōmanos; 938 – 15 March 963) was Byzantine Emperor from 959 to 963. He succeeded his father Constantine VII at the...
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Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos or the Gentle Usurper (Greek: Ῥωμανός Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, Rōmanos Lakapēnos or Lekapēnos; c. 870 – 15 June 948), Latinized...
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to be Leo Diogenes, son of emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071– ), and who had died near Antioch in 1073. Since the son of Romanos IV who died at...
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Menekşeler" based on the life of "Kabadayı Mehmet". He portrayed Romanos IV Diogenes in Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu. Also, he played in hit youth series...
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considered taking Nikephoros as husband and emperor but instead chose Romanos IV Diogenes. The need for an immediate successor was made pressing by the constant...
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Syria in 1068, Alp Arslan invaded the Byzantine Empire. The Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, assuming command in person, met the invaders in Cilicia. In three...
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Romanos was drowned on Michael's orders. Matthew of Edessa's account has Zoë poisoning Romanos. Zoë and Michael were married on the day that Romanos III...
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Byzantine emperor from 1028 to 1034 Romanos IV Diogenes (c. 1030 – 1072), Byzantine emperor who reigned from 1068 to 1071 Romanos Kourkouas, Byzantine aristocrat...
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ruled as the de facto ruler until 1 January 1068, when she married Romanos IV Diogenes and crowned him emperor. By his first wife, a daughter of Constantine...
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Andronikos Doukas (cousin of Michael VII) (redirect from Andronikos Doukas (general under Romanos IV))
commander of a section of the Byzantine army in the campaign of Romanos IV Diogenes against the Seljuk Turks of Alp Arslan. Commanding the rearguard...
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invading Anatolia, with an assault on Iconium in 1069. This provoked Romanos IV Diogenes' second campaign. Jeffreys, Haldon & Cormack 2008, p. 273. Nicolle...
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general Romanos IV Diogenes, who now became senior co-emperor alongside Michael VII, Konstantios, and another brother, Andronikos. When Romanos IV was defeated...
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Constantine IV (‹See Tfd›Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Kōnstantînos; c. 650 – 10 July 685), called the Younger (‹See Tfd›Greek: ὁ νέος, translit. ho néos)...
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family and a brother of the emperor Romanos III. Basil was the maternal grandfather of emperor Romanos IV Diogenes. According to the Synopsis Historion...
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and later executed in Cappadocia. He sent his son to the care of Artabanus IV of Parthia, but Diadumenian was also captured before he could reach his destination...
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co-emperor by his father, and was raised to the dignity only by Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071). He is otherwise relatively insignificant, and was...
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Rangabe (c. 770–844), Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (870–948), Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (c. 1030–1072), Exiled Byzantine emperor...
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future emperor Alexios I Komnenos. A relative by marriage of Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, he was placed in charge of expeditions against Turkish raids from...
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Gothicum, ii. 14; Evagrius, Hist. eccl., iv. 20 Procopius, iv. 4; Evagrius, iv. 23. Procopius, iv. 3; Evagrius, iv. 22. Procopius, Bellum Persicum, i. 15...
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