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Romanos IV Diogenes

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Romanos IV Diogenes (Ρωμανός Δ΄ Διογένης, Rōmanós IV Diogénēs), also known as Romanus IV, was a member of the Byzantine military aristocracy who, after his marriage to the widowed empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa, was crowned Byzantine emperor and reigned from 1068 to 1071. [1]

137 relations: Aaronios, Abelard of Hauteville, Adrianos Komnenos, Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, Alp Arslan, Alusian of Bulgaria, Anastasia of Serbia, Anatolian rug, Andronikos Doukas (co-emperor), Andronikos Doukas (cousin of Michael VII), Anna Dalassene, Anna Diogenissa, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Basil Apokapes, Basil Argyros, Battle of Caesarea, Battle of Iconium (1069), Battle of Kalavrye, Battle of Levounion, Battle of Manzikert, Battle of Manzikert (1054), Battle of Myriokephalon, Beloš, Bisantius Guirdeliku, Byzantine calendar, Byzantine economy, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Empire under the Doukas dynasty, Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty, Byzantine flags and insignia, Byzantine–Arab wars (780–1180), Byzantine–Norman wars, Byzantine–Seljuq wars, Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane, Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul), Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia, Constantine Diogenes, Constantine Diogenes (pretender), Constantine Diogenes (son of Romanos IV), Constantine Keroularios, Constantine X Doukas, Constantinople, David IV of Georgia, Dejanović noble family, Desa (monarch), Diogenes (disambiguation), Domestic of the Schools, Droungarios of the Watch, Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Greater Poland, ..., Eudokia Makrembolitissa, Eudoxia, Eustathios Kymineianos, Family tree of the Byzantine emperors, Grand Domestic, Grand Principality of Serbia, Greek Muslims, Harbaville Triptych, Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary, History of the Byzantine Empire, Index of Byzantine Empire-related articles, Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I), Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria, January 1, John Doukas (Caesar), John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools), Joseph Tarchaneiotes, Kahramanmaraş, Kınalıada, Komnenian restoration, Konstantios Doukas, Lake Van, Leo Diogenes, List of Augustae, List of battles 301–1300, List of Byzantine emperors, List of Byzantine usurpers, List of Greeks, List of impostors, List of military disasters, List of monarchs who lost their thrones before the 13th century, List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: R, List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses, List of Roman emperors, List of state leaders in 1068, List of state leaders in 1069, List of state leaders in 1070, List of state leaders in 1071, List of state leaders in the 11th century, Makrembolites, Malazgirt, Malik-Shah I, Manbij, Maria (wife of Ivan Vladislav), Michael Psellos, Michael Taronites, Michael VII Doukas, Middle Ages, Monastery of the Transfiguration, Kinaliada, Nevşehir, Nikephoritzes, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Nikephoros Diogenes, Nikephoros Palaiologos, Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Philaretos Brachamios, Prince Islands, Prohor Pčinjski, Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud, Robert, Count of Montescaglioso, Romanos, Romanos Ivory, Romanus, Roussel de Bailleul, Ruben I, Prince of Armenia, Seljuk Empire, Siege of Bari, Stephen Pateranos, Talas, Turkey, Tatikios, Theodore Alyates, Timeline of 11th-century Muslim history, Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (717–1204), Timeline of Roman history, Timeline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, Timeline of the Turkic peoples (500–1300), Timeline of Turkish history, Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia, Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia, Varangian Guard, Vestarches, Videssos, Vladimir II Monomakh, Yalova, 1068, 1072, 11th century. Expand index (87 more) »

Aaronios

The Aaronios (Ἀαρώνιος) or Aaron (Ἀαρών) were a Byzantine noble family of Bulgarian origin, being descended from Emperor Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria (r. 1015–1018).

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Abelard of Hauteville

Abelard of Hauteville (1044 – 1081) was the eldest son of Humphrey, count of Apulia and Calabria (1051–1057), and his Lombard wife, Gaitelgrima of Salerno, also known as Altrude.

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Adrianos Komnenos

Adrianos Komnenos (Ἁδριανὸς Κομνηνός) was a Byzantine aristocrat and general, and a younger brother of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118).

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Age of Empires II: The Conquerors

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors is the expansion pack to the 1999 real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings.

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Alp Arslan

Alp Arslan (honorific in Turkish meaning "Heroic Lion"; in آلپ ارسلان; full name: Diya ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abu Shuja Muhammad Alp Arslan ibn Dawud ابو شجاع محمد آلپ ارسلان ابن داود; 20 January 1029 – 15 December 1072), real name Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second Sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty.

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Alusian of Bulgaria

Alusian (Алусиан, Ἀλουσιάνος) was a Bulgarian and Byzantine noble who ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria for a short time in 1041.

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Anastasia of Serbia

Ana (Ана); 1196–d.

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Anatolian rug

Anatolian rug is a term of convenience, commonly used today to denote rugs and carpets woven in Anatolia (or Asia minor) and its adjacent regions.

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Andronikos Doukas (co-emperor)

Andronikos Doukas (Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας), Latinized as Andronicus Ducas, was the third son of Byzantine emperor Constantine X Doukas (r. 1059–1067) and younger brother of Byzantine emperor Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078).

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Andronikos Doukas (cousin of Michael VII)

Andronikos Doukas, Latinized as Andronicus Ducas, (Ανδρόνικος Δούκας; died 14 October 1077) was a protovestiarios and protoproedros of the Byzantine Empire.

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Anna Dalassene

Anna Dalassene (Ἄννα Δαλασσηνή; ca. 1025/30 – 1 November 1100/02) was an important Byzantine noblewoman who played a significant role in the rise to power of the Komnenoi in the eleventh century.

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Anna Diogenissa

Anna Diogenissa (ca. 1074–1145) was a Byzantine noblewoman of the Diogenes house who became the Grand Princess consort of Serbia as wife of Uroš I Vukanović (r. 1112–1145).

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Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Middle Armenian: Կիլիկիոյ Հայոց Թագաւորութիւն), also known as the Cilician Armenia (Կիլիկյան Հայաստան), Lesser Armenia, or New Armenia, was an independent principality formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuq invasion of Armenia.

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Bagrat IV of Georgia

Bagrat IV (ბაგრატ IV) (1018 – 24 November 1072), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the King of Georgia from 1027 to 1072.

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Basil Apokapes

Basil Apokapes (or Apocapes) (Βασίλειος Ἀποκάπης) was a Byzantine general of the 11th century.

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Basil Argyros

Basil Argyros (Βασίλειος Ἀργυρός, c. 970 – after 1023) was a Byzantine nobleman of the Argyros family and a brother of the emperor Romanos III.

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Battle of Caesarea

The Battle of Caesarea occurred in 1067 when the Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan attacked Caesarea.

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Battle of Iconium (1069)

The Battle of Iconium (Greek: Μάχη του Ικονίου, Turkish: Konya Muharebesi) was an unsuccessful attempt by the Seljuk Turks to capture the city of Iconium, modern day Konya.

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Battle of Kalavrye

The Battle of Kalavrye (also Kalavryai or Kalavryta) was fought in 1078 between the Byzantine imperial forces of general (and future emperor) Alexios Komnenos and the rebellious governor of Dyrrhachium, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder.

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Battle of Levounion

The Battle of Levounion was the first decisive Byzantine victory of the Komnenian restoration.

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Battle of Manzikert

The Battle of Manzikert was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert, theme of Iberia (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey).

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Battle of Manzikert (1054)

The Battle of Manzikert in 1054 was a successful defense of the city of Manzikert by Byzantine forces under Basil Apocapes against the Seljuk Turks led by sultan Toğrül.

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Battle of Myriokephalon

The Battle of Myriokephalon, also known as the Battle of Myriocephalum, or Miryokefalon Savaşı in Turkish, was a battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in Phrygia on 17 September 1176.

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Beloš

Beloš (Белош; Βελούσης fl. 1141–1163), was a Serbian prince and Hungarian palatine who served as the regent of Hungary from 1141 until 1146, alongside his sister Helena, mother of the infant King Géza II.

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Bisantius Guirdeliku

Bisantius Guirdeliku (or Bysantius Guinderlichus) was a noble citizen of Bari, then the capital of the Byzantine catepanate of Italy.

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Byzantine calendar

The Byzantine calendar, also called "Creation Era of Constantinople" or "Era of the World" (Ἔτη Γενέσεως Κόσμου κατὰ Ῥωμαίους, also Ἔτος Κτίσεως Κόσμου or Ἔτος Κόσμου, abbreviated as ε.Κ.), was the calendar used by the Eastern Orthodox Church from c. 691 to 1728 in the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

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Byzantine economy

The Byzantine economy was among the most robust economies in the Mediterranean for many centuries.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).

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Byzantine Empire under the Doukas dynasty

The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Doukas dynasty between 1059 and 1081.

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Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty

The Byzantine Empire or Byzantium is a term conventionally used by historians to describe the Greek ethnic and speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople.

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Byzantine flags and insignia

For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not know or use heraldry in the West European sense of a permanent motif transmitted through hereditary right.

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Byzantine–Arab wars (780–1180)

Between 780–1180, the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid & Fatimid caliphates in the regions of Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Anatolia and Southern Italy fought a series of wars for supremacy in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Byzantine–Norman wars

A number of wars between the Normans and the Byzantine Empire were fought from 1040 until 1185, when the last Norman invasion of the Byzantine Empire was defeated.

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Byzantine–Seljuq wars

The Byzantine–Seljuq Wars (Bizans-Selçuklu Savaşları) were a series of decisive battles that shifted the balance of power in Asia Minor and Syria from the European Byzantine Empire to the Central Asian Seljuq Turks.

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Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane

The Church of St.

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Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul)

Saint Mary of Blachernae (full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος των Βλαχερνών (pr. Theotókos ton Vlachernón); Turkish name: Meryem Ana Kilisesi) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul.

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Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia

Conrad II Otto (– 9 September 1191), a member of Přemyslid dynasty, was the first Margrave of Moravia from 1182 to 1189 and Duke of Bohemia from 1189 until his death.

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Constantine Diogenes

Constantine Diogenes (Κωνσταντῖνος Διογένης; died 1032) was a prominent Byzantine general of the early 11th century, active in the Balkans.

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Constantine Diogenes (pretender)

Pseudo-Constantine Diogenes or Pseudo-Leo Diogenes (died after 1095) was an unsuccessful pretender to the Byzantine throne against Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

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Constantine Diogenes (son of Romanos IV)

Constantine Diogenes (Κωνσταντίνος Διογένης; died 1073) was one of the sons of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068–1071).

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Constantine Keroularios

Constantine Keroularios (Κωνσταντῖνος Κηρουλάριος) was a high-ranking Byzantine official in the third quarter of the 11th century.

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Constantine X Doukas

Constantine X Doukas or Dukas, Latinized as Ducas (Κωνσταντῖνος Ι΄ Δούκας, Kōnstantinos X Doukas, 1006 – 22 May 1067) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 24 November 1059 to 22 May 1067.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.

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David IV of Georgia

David IV, also known as David the Builder (დავით აღმაშენებელი) (1073– 24 January 1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia from 1089 until his death in 1125.

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Dejanović noble family

The Dejanović (Дејановић, Dejanovići / Дејановићи) or Dragaš (Драгаш, Dragaši / Драгаши), originates from a medieval noble family that served the Serbian Empire of Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355) and Uroš the Weak (r. 1355-1371), and during the fall of the Serbian Empire, after the Battle of Maritsa (1371), it became an Ottoman vassal.

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Desa (monarch)

Desa (Serbian Cyrillic: Деса) was the Serbian co-ruler from 1148 to 1153, alongside his elder brother Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia; the Prince of Duklja, Travunija and Zahumlje from 1149 to 1162; the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1153 to 1155, and again from 1162 to 1166.

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Diogenes (disambiguation)

Diogenes (Διογένης, Diogénēs, "born of Zeus") is a Greek name shared by several important historical figures, the best-known of whom is the philosopher Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BC).

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Domestic of the Schools

The office of the Domestic of the Schools (δομέστικος τῶν σχολῶν, domestikos tōn scholōn) was a senior military post of the Byzantine Empire, extant from the 8th century until at least the early 14th century.

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Droungarios of the Watch

The Droungarios of the Watch (δρουγγάριος τῆς βίγλης/βίγλας, droungarios tēs viglēs/viglas), sometimes anglicized as "Drungary of the Watch", was originally a senior Byzantine military post.

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Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Greater Poland

Elizabeth of Hungary (Erzsébet magyar hercegnő, Elżbieta węgierska; – 21 July 1154), was a Hungarian princess member of the House of Árpád and by marriage Duchess of Greater Poland.

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Eudokia Makrembolitissa

Eudokia Makrembolitissa (or Eudocia Macrembolitissa) (Εὐδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα) (c.1021 – 1096) was a Byzantine Empress by marriage to Emperor Constantine X Doukas.

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Eudoxia

Eudoxia (Ευδοξία, Eudoxía), Eudokia (Ευδοκία, Eudokía, anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a feminine given name, which originally meant "good deeds" or "she whose deeds are good" in Greek.

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Eustathios Kymineianos

Eustathios Kymineianos (Εὐστάθιος Κυμινειανός) was a senior Byzantine eunuch official and admiral under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118).

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Family tree of the Byzantine emperors

This is a family tree of all the Eastern Roman Emperors who ruled in Constantinople.

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Grand Domestic

The title of Grand Domestic (μέγας δομέστικος, mégas doméstikos) was given in the 11th–15th centuries to the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army, directly below the Byzantine Emperor.

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Grand Principality of Serbia

Serbia (Србија / Srbija), also known as Raška (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашка, Rascia) was a Serb medieval state that comprised parts of what is today Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and southern Dalmatia, being centred in the region of Raška (hence its exonym).

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Greek Muslims

Greek Muslims, also known as Greek-speaking Muslims, are Muslims of Greek ethnic origin whose adoption of Islam (and often the Turkish language and identity) dates to the period of Ottoman rule in the southern Balkans.

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Harbaville Triptych

The Harbaville Triptych is a Byzantine ivory triptych of the middle of the 10th century with a Deesis and other saints, now in the Louvre.

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Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary

Helena of Serbia (Јелена/Jelena, Ilona; b. after 1109 – after 1146) was Queen of Hungary as the wife of King Béla II, who reigned from 1131 to 1141.

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History of the Byzantine Empire

This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD.

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Index of Byzantine Empire-related articles

This is a list of people, places, things, and concepts related to or originating from the Byzantine Empire (AD 330–1453).

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Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)

Isaac Komnenos or Comnenus (Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός, Isaakios Komnēnos; – 1102/1104) was a notable Byzantine aristocrat and military commander in the 1070s.

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Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria

Ivan Vladislav (Иван Владислав) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to February 1018.

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January 1

January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.

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John Doukas (Caesar)

John Doukas (or Ducas) (Ιωάννης Δούκας, Iōannēs Doukas) (died c. 1088) was the son of Andronikos Doukas, a Paphlagonian nobleman who may have served as governor of the theme of Moesia, and the younger brother of Emperor Constantine X Doukas.

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John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)

John Komnenos (Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός, Iōannēs Komnēnos; – 12 July 1067) was a Byzantine aristocrat and military leader.

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Joseph Tarchaneiotes

Joseph Tarchaneiotes (Ιωσήφ Ταρχανειώτης) was a Byzantine general primarily known for his lack of participation in the decisive Battle of Manzikert (1071).

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Kahramanmaraş

Kahramanmaraş is a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province.

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Kınalıada

Kınalıada (Գնալը կղզի; Πρώτη, Proti 'first') is an island in the Sea of Marmara; it is the closest of the Prince Islands to Istanbul, Turkey, lying about to the south.

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Komnenian restoration

The Komnenian restoration is the term used by historians to describe the military, financial, and territorial recovery of the Byzantine Empire under the Komnenian dynasty, from the accession of Alexios I Komnenos in 1081 to the death of Andronikos I Komnenos in 1185.

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Konstantios Doukas

Konstantios Doukas (Κωνστάντιος Δούκας, 1060–1082), Latinized as Constantius Ducas, was a junior Byzantine Emperor from 1060–1078, and a senior Byzantine Emperor for a short time in 1078.

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Lake Van

Lake Van (Van Gölü, Վանա լիճ, Vana lič̣, Gola Wanê), the largest lake in Turkey, lies in the far east of that country in the provinces of Van and Bitlis.

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Leo Diogenes

Leo Diogenes (Λέων Διογένης, Leōn Diogenes) was the son of Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes and Eudokia Makrembolitissa.

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List of Augustae

Augusta (plural Augustae; αὐγούστα) was a Roman imperial honorific title given to empresses and honoured women of the imperial families.

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List of battles 301–1300

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List of Byzantine emperors

This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD, which marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire (or the Eastern Roman Empire), to its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.

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List of Byzantine usurpers

The following is a list of usurpers in the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine Empire, from the start of the reign of Arcadius in 395 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

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List of Greeks

This is a list of notable Greeks.

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List of impostors

An impostor (also spelled imposter) is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise.

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List of military disasters

In this list a military disaster is the unexpected and sound defeat of one side in a battle or war, sometimes changing the course of history.

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List of monarchs who lost their thrones before the 13th century

This is a list of monarchs who lost their thrones before the 13th century.

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List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: R

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List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses

This is a list of women who were Roman Empress, i.e. the wife of the Roman emperor, the ruler of the Roman Empire.

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List of Roman emperors

The Roman Emperors were rulers of the Roman Empire, wielding power over its citizens and military.

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List of state leaders in 1068

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List of state leaders in 1069

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List of state leaders in 1070

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List of state leaders in 1071

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List of state leaders in the 11th century

;State leaders in the 10th century – State leaders in the 12th century – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 11th century (1001–1100) AD.

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Makrembolites

Makrembolites or Macrembolites (Μακρεμβολίτης), feminine form Makrembolitissa or Macrembolitissa (Μακρεμβολίτισσα), was the name of a prominent Byzantine aristocratic family.

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Malazgirt

Malazgirt (also Malâzgird; Մանազկերտ Manazkert; Ματζιέρτη Matzierte; historically Manzikert, Μαντζικέρτ) is a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23,697 (year 2000).

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Malik-Shah I

Jalāl al-Dawla Mu'izz al-Dunyā Wa'l-Din Abu'l-Fatḥ ibn Alp Arslān (8 August 1053 – 19 November 1092, full name: معزالدنیا و الدین ملکشاه بن محمد الب ارسلان قسیم امیرالمومنین), better known by his regnal name of Malik-Shah I (ملکشاه) (Melikşah), was Sultan of the Seljuq Empire from 1072 to 1092.

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Manbij

Manbij (منبج, Minbic) is a city in the northeast of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, 30 kilometers west of the Euphrates.

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Maria (wife of Ivan Vladislav)

Maria (Bulgarian: Мария) was the last empress consort (tsaritsa) of the First Bulgarian Empire.

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Michael Psellos

Michael Psellos or Psellus (translit; Michaël Psellus) was a Byzantine Greek monk, savant, writer, philosopher, politician and historian.

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Michael Taronites

Michael Taronites (Μιχαήλ Ταρωνίτης) was a Byzantine aristocrat and brother-in-law of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

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Michael VII Doukas

Michael VII Doukas or Dukas/Ducas (Μιχαήλ Ζ΄ Δούκας, Mikhaēl VII Doukas), nicknamed Parapinakes (Παραπινάκης, lit. "minus a quarter", with reference to the devaluation of the Byzantine currency under his rule), was Byzantine emperor from 1071 to 1078.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Monastery of the Transfiguration, Kinaliada

The Monastery of the Transfiguration, known locally as Hristo Monastery, is a prominent Greek Orthodox monastery that has served the Greek Orthodox community of Constantinople (modern Istanbul) since the time of the Byzantine Empire.

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Nevşehir

Nevşehir, formerly Neapolis and Muşkara, is a city and the capital district of Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey.

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Nikephoritzes

Nikephoritzes (Νικηφορίτζης) was an influential Byzantine eunuch official, who served as chief minister and virtual ruler of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Michael VII Doukas (r. 1071–1078).

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Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder

Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος ο πρεσβύτερος), Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was a Byzantine general who tried to establish himself as Emperor in the late eleventh century.

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Nikephoros Diogenes

Nikephoros Diogenes (Νικηφόρος Διογένης), Latinized as Nicephorus Diogenes, was a junior Byzantine emperor from 1070–1071.

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Nikephoros Palaiologos

Nikephoros Palaiologos (Νικηφόρος Παλαιολόγος; died 18 October 1081) was a Byzantine general of the 11th century.

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Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

This is an outline of the six-volume work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, authored by English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794).

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Philaretos Brachamios

Philaretos Brachamios (Φιλάρετος Βραχάμιος; Armenian: Փիլարտոս Վարաժնունի, Pilartos Varajnuni; Philaretus Brachamius) was a distinguished Byzantine general and warlord of Armenian heritage, and for a time was a usurper against emperor Michael VII.

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Prince Islands

The Prince Islands (Πριγκηπονήσια, Prens Adaları, alternatively written as Princes' Islands in which the "princes" are plural (meaning "Islands of the Princes"); or Kızıl Adalar ("Red Islands") in Turkish); officially just Adalar ("Islands"), are an archipelago off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara.

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Prohor Pčinjski

The Monastery of Venerable Prohor of Pčinja (Manastir Prepodobnog Prohora Pčinjskog / Манастир Преподобног Прохора Пчињског, commonly known as Prohor Pčinjski) is an 11th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery in the deep south in Serbia, located in the village of Klenike, south of Vranje, near the border with Macedonia.

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Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud

Rashid al-Dawla Mahmud, full name Mahmud bin Shibl al-Dawla Nasr bin Salih bin Mirdas, also known as Abu Salama Mahmud bin Nasr bin Salih, (died 1075) was the Mirdasid emir of Aleppo from 1060 to 1061 and again from 1065 until his death.

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Robert, Count of Montescaglioso

Robert (died July 1080) was the first Norman count of Montescaglioso.

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Romanos

Romanos may refer to.

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Romanos Ivory

The Romanos Ivory is a carved ivory relief panel from the Byzantine empire measuring 24.6 cm (at the highest) by 15.5 cm and 1.2 cm thick.

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Romanus

Romanus (Latin for "Roman"), hellenized as Romanos (Ῥωμανός) was a Roman cognomen and may refer to.

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Roussel de Bailleul

Roussel de Bailleul (died 1077), also known as Phrangopoulos (literally "son-of-a-Frank"), was a Norman adventurer (or exile) who travelled to Byzantium and there received employ as a soldier and leader of men from the Emperor Romanus IV (ruled 1068–71).

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Ruben I, Prince of Armenia

Ruben I, (Ռուբեն Ա), also Roupen I or Rupen I, (1025/1035 – Kormogolo, 1095) was the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” (1080/1081/1082 – 1095).

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Seljuk Empire

The Seljuk Empire (also spelled Seljuq) (آل سلجوق) was a medieval Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire, originating from the Qiniq branch of Oghuz Turks.

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Siege of Bari

The siege of Bari took place 1068–71, during the Middle Ages, when Norman forces, under the command of Robert Guiscard, laid siege to the city of Bari, a major stronghold of the Byzantines in Italy and the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, starting from August 5, 1068.

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Stephen Pateranos

Stephen Pateranos was a Byzantine general who served as the final Catepan of Italy.

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Talas, Turkey

Talas is a town in central Anatolia and a district of Kayseri Province in Turkey.

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Tatikios

Tatikios or Taticius (Τατίκιος, died after 1099) was a Byzantine general during the reign of Alexius I Comnenus.

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Theodore Alyates

Theodore Alyates (Θεόδωρος Ἀλυάτης) was a Byzantine general and close associate of the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes.

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Timeline of 11th-century Muslim history

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Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (717–1204)

This is a timeline of the presence of Orthodoxy in Greece.

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Timeline of Roman history

This is a timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

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Timeline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum

The timeline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (1077–1307) is summarized below.

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Timeline of the Turkic peoples (500–1300)

Below is the identified timeline of the History of the Turkic peoples between 6th and 14th centuries.

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Timeline of Turkish history

See History of Turkey.

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Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia

Uroš I (Урош I, Ούρεσις) was the Grand Prince (Veliki Župan) of the Grand Principality of Serbia from about 1112 to 1145.

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Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia

Uroš II (Урош II), also known as Primislav (Примислав) or Prvoslav (Првослав), was Serbian Grand Prince from ca. 1145 to 1162, with brief interruptions as ruler by Desa, his brother.

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Varangian Guard

The Varangian Guard (Τάγμα τῶν Βαράγγων, Tágma tōn Varángōn) was an elite unit of the Byzantine Army, from the 10th to the 14th centuries, whose members served as personal bodyguards to the Byzantine Emperors.

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Vestarches

Vestarchēs (βεστάρχης) was a senior Byzantine honorific dignity in use from the late 10th to early 12th centuries.

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Videssos

Videssos is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Harry Turtledove.

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Vladimir II Monomakh

Vladimir II Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Мономахъ, Volodimer Monomakh; Christian name: Vasiliy, or Basileios) (1053 – 19 May 1125) reigned as Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' from 1113 to 1125.

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Yalova

Yalova is a city located in northwestern Turkey, near the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara.

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1068

Year 1068 (MLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1072

Year 1072 (MLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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11th century

The 11th century is the period from 1001 to 1100 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Common Era, and the 1st century of the 2nd millennium.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanos_IV_Diogenes

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