Category
page 1Byzantine governors of Antioch
Nikephoros III Botaneiates
Byzantine emperor
Philaretos Brachamios
Byzantine general and usurper
Isaac Komnenos
Byzantine general, brother of emperor Alexios I
Nikephoros Ouranos
Byzantine general
Michael Bourtzes
Byzantine general
Konstantinos Dalassenos
Byzantine aristocrat and general
Katakalon Kekaumenos
Byzantine general
Nikephoritzes
Nikephoritzes () 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). His actual name was Nikephoros; he received the nickname "Nikephoritzes" ("little Nikephoros") as a result of his relative youth when he first entered service in the court. He became widely unpopular due to his harsh taxation and meddling with Constantinople's grain supply, as well as for his neglect of Asia Minor in the face of Turkish encroachment. This resentment led to the outbreak of two major r
Damianos Dalassenos
Byzantine general and aristocrat
Theophylact Dalassenos
Byzantine aristocrat and general
Michael Spondyles
Byzantine general
Michael Maurex
Byzantine admiral
Eustathios Maleinos
Byzantine general
Joseph Tarchaneiotes
Byzantine general
Catacalo Tarcaniota
11th-century Byzantine official