The megas doux (Greek: μέγας δούξ, pronounced [ˈmeɣaz ˈðuks], "grand duke") was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the later Byzantine Empire...

imperial possessions in the western Balkans against the Serbs. Appointed megas doux, he scoured the Aegean of the fleets of the Turkish emir Tzachas, suppressed...

Caesar Megas domestikos Megas doux Protostrator, deputy of megas domestikos Megas stratopedarches Megas primmikerios Megas konostablos Megas droungarios...

Pseudo-Kodinos, he "has the same relation to the megas doux as the megas droungarios tēs viglēs had to the megas domestikos", i.e., he was the second in command...

Constantinople. At the same time, it also acquired the prefix megas and replaced the megas skeuophylax as the second-most important official of the patriarchate...

Michael Megas Komnenos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Mikhaēl Megas Komnēnos; c. 1288 – after 1355) was Emperor of Trebizond from 3 May 1344 to 13 December...

and Irene Doukaina's brothers, the protostrator Michael Doukas and the megas doux John Doukas were among the most prominent military leaders of the late...

Byzantine period from Monemvasia, together with Loukas Notaras as the last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire, they gave several religious to the Greek Orthodox...

Παλαιολογίνα; died 8 July 1507) was the daughter of Loukas Notaras, the last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire. Anna probably left Constantinople prior to fall...

– 3 June 1453) was a Byzantine Greek statesman who served as the last megas doux or grand Duke (commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy) and the last...

Byzantine Empire Megas doux, the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy Megas droungarios tou stolou, the second-in-command Megas droungarios tēs viglas/viglēs...

a French poultry company Doux (surname) "Doux", a song by Jean-Michel Blais from the album Aubades Megas doux Dux (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

Achaemenid kings of Persia. The Persian king was also referred to as Megas Basileus/Basileus Megas (Great King) or Basileus Basileōn, a translation of the Persian...

against the Normans and the Seljuk Turks, eventually reaching the rank of megas doux (commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy). Constantine Opos first appears...

(r. 1195–1203) and through this connection advanced to the position of megas doux, commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy, when the latter ascended the...

John III Megas Komnenos or Grand Comnenus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Μέγας Κομνηνός, Iōánnēs Mégas Komnēnós; c. 1321 – 1362) was emperor of Trebizond from September...

equivalent to a captain or general. Later on, in the 11th century, the title Megas Doux was introduced for the post of commander-in-chief of the entire navy....

new office of the megas doux. The first known occupant of the office was Alexios' brother-in-law John Doukas, in c. 1092. The megas droungarios tou ploïmou...

(which included the megas doux Lekes Tzatzintzaios and his son the megas domestikos Tzambas), but the man he appointed as the new megas doux, John the Eunuch...

Anna of Savoy, the Patriarch of Constantinople John XIV Kalekas, and the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos. The war polarized Byzantine society along class lines...

Portsmouth's coat of arms up to the present. Anna Notaras, daughter of the last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire Loukas Notaras, after the fall of Constantinople...

nobleman and distinguished admiral, with the rank of protostrator and later megas doux, during the reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282). Alexios...

Theodotos Phokas, the uncle of Theodore I Laskaris (r. 1205–1222), became megas doux (commander-in-chief of the navy), a certain Michael Phokas was stratopedarches...

and widowed empress Anna of Savoy, the Patriarch John XIV Kalekas, and megas doux Alexios Apokaukos. The disputes led to a devastating civil war lasting...

near, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) named Kontostephanos megas doux (commander-in-chief of the imperial fleet) in succession to Landulf, and...

the leading officials of the Empire of Trebizond, eventually becoming megas doux. Niketas was a leader of the Scholarioi faction in Trebizond during the...

Manuel II Megas Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Manouēl Megas Komnēnos) (c. 1324–1333) was Emperor of Trebizond for eight months in 1332. Manuel...

Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castille June 3 – Loukas Notaras, last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire (b. 1402) June 4 – Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos...

was rewarded with Euboea as a fief and rose to the rank of megas konostaulos and megas doux, the first foreigner to do so. Licario was born in Karystos...

the Virgin Mary. It is known that Anna Notaras, daughter of the last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire Loukas Notaras, after the fall of Constantinople...