Under Michael VII Doukas Parapinakes ( 1071 – 1078 ) and Nikephoros III Botaneiates ( 1078 – 1081 ), he was also employed, along with his elder brother Isaac, against rebels in Asia Minor, Thrace, and in Epirus.

First married to Michael VII Doukas and secondly to Nikephoros III Botaneiates, she was preoccupied with the future of her son by Michael VII, Constantine Doukas.

During this time, Alexios was rumored to be the lover of Empress Maria of Alania, the daughter of King Bagrat IV of Georgia, who had been successively married to Michael VII Doukas and his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, renowned for her beauty.

Trying to escape Boniface's " protection ", Alexios III attempted to seek shelter with Michael I Komnenos Doukas, the ruler of Epirus, in 1205.

Andronikos III was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia ( renamed Maria ).

An alliance with his brother-in-law Michael Asen III of Bulgaria against Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia failed to secure any gains, as the Serbians defeated the Bulgarians before the latter could join with the Byzantines in the Battle of Velbazhd ( modern Kyustendil ) in 1330.

He was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, grandniece of John III Doukas Vatatzes.

The dissolute behavior of Michael IX's son Andronikos III Palaiologos led to a rift in the family, and after Michael IX's death in 1320, Andronikos II disowned his grandson, prompting a civil war that raged, with interruptions, until 1328.

The conflict precipitated Bulgarian involvement, and Michael Asen III of Bulgaria attempted to capture Andronikos II under the guise of sending him military support.

Theodora, widow of the Emperor Theophilus ( died 842 ), acted as regent during the minority of her son Michael III, who was said to have been introduced to dissolute habits by her brother Bardas.

In response, Bardas ' nephew, the youthful Emperor Michael III engineered Ignatius's deposition and confinement on the charge of treason.

This state of affairs changed when Photius's patrons, Bardas and Emperor Michael III, were murdered in 866 and 867, respectively, by Basil the Macedonian, who now usurped the throne.

However, Michael Montgomery, in From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English, states " In Ulster in recent years it has sometimes been supposed that it was coined to refer to followers of King William III and brought to America by early Ulster emigrants …, but this derivation is almost certainly incorrect … In America hillbilly was first attested only in 1898, which suggests a later, independent development.

* 1868 – The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.

Such quarterbacks are Cam Newton, Ben Roethlisberger, Michael Vick, Denard Robinson, Tim Tebow, Russell Wilson, and Robert Griffin III.

Other sympathetic fictional portraits of Richard III include Michael Tyler-Whittle's 1970 novel Richard III, The Last Plantagenet.

The second mission ( 860 ), requested by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III and the Patriarch of Constantinople Photius ( a professor of Cyril's at the University and his guiding light in earlier years ), was a missionary expedition to the Khazar Khaganate in order to prevent the expansion of Judaism there.

That year the Prince Rastislav of Great Moravia requested that the Emperor Michael III and the Patriarch Photius send missionaries to evangelize his Slavic subjects.

It is a common misconception that Cyril and Methodius were the first to bring Christianity to Moravia, but the letter from Rastislav to Michael III states clearly that Rastislav's people " had already rejected paganism and adhere to the Christian law.

* 1078: the revolt of Nikephoros III against Byzantine ruler Michael VII

* September – Michael III, Byzantine Emperor ( assassinated ) ( b. 839 )

Alexander thus chose to retire from the army and take up the new position, and, in anticipation of his viceregal posting, was on 26 January 1946 appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

Although born from the same history of Unix, Internet free software, and the hacker culture as the free software movement launched by Richard Stallman and his Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative was formed and chose the term open source, in Michael Tiemann's words, to " dump the moralizing and confrontational attitude that had been associated with ' free software ' in the past and sell the idea strictly on the same pragmatic, business-case grounds that had motivated Netscape.

( Malcolm Fraser chose Sir Zelman Cowen and Sir Ninian Stephen ; and John Howard chose Peter Hollingworth and Michael Jeffery.

For the title role, Burton chose to cast Michael Keaton as Batman following their previous collaboration in Beetlejuice, despite Keaton's average physique, inexperience with action films, and reputation as a comic actor.

Classic examples of this came in 1988, when Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis chose experienced Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, and 2008, when Republican candidate John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

In 2006, Bayreuth chose its first CSU member and mayor, the lawyer, Michael Hohl, and, in 2007, a Youth Parliament, consisting of 12 young people, aged 14 – 17 years, was elected for the first time.

Actor Michael Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite and chose the name Michael because he preferred the sound of it to the less glamorous-sounding " Maurice ".

He chose the name Caine reputedly because at the precise instant he needed to decide upon his new stage name, he saw a cinema marquee for the then-current movie The Caine Mutiny and thought that it would make a good last name in conjunction with Michael.

Michael wanted to be half as good as his brother so he chose 23 which is half of 45 ( 22. 5 ) rounded up.

In 2010, Madison Square Garden chose Michael Jackson's 1988 concert during the Bad world tour as the greatest concert ever held at its venue.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's administration chose not to enforce the ordinance.

Michael Brand chose a humanitarian undertaking after selling his brewery to the United States Brewing Company.

His baptismal name was Constantine ; Michael was the monastic name he chose when he entered a monastery later in life.

Michael agreed to do so, but in the end he chose to remain silent about it.

The story follows Michael Steven Donovan, nicknamed " Blueberry ", a name he chose when fleeing from his Southern enemies ( which was inspired when he looked at a blueberry bush ), starting with his adventures as a lieutenant in the United States Cavalry shortly after the American Civil War.

It was no accident that the President of Dáil Éireann, Éamon de Valera in 1920 chose to travel to the United States, not elsewhere, in his efforts to get the Irish Republic recognised and accepted, or that when Michael Collins launched special bonds to fund the new Republic, many were sold to Irish Americans.

Social scientist William Baillie Hamilton notes that Captain James Cook and his assistant Michael Lane, who mapped Newfoundland in the 1760s, often displayed a sense of humour in the place names they chose, and were not above selecting names that might offend overly sensitive readers.

However, this changed when The Independent chose the story for a front-page headline written by their environment correspondent, Michael McCarthy, that ran " Shifting Sands Reveal ' Stonehenge of the Sea '" on Saturday 9 January.

Michael handed it to Mike McGonigal, editor of Yeti magazine, who chose " Dead Man's Will ", later released on In the Reins, for inclusion on one of his magazine's compilation CDs.

When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly ( then Minister of War ) chose to follow the scorched earth principle and retreat rather than to risk a major battle.

In 1988 Governor Michael Dukakis ( Massachusetts ) chose Bentsen to be his running mate in that year's presidential election, beating out Ohio Senator John Glenn, who was considered the early favorite.

Her successor, Michael Martin, also declined to wear the wig ; moreover, he chose to simplify other aspects of the uniform, doing away with the once customary buckled court shoes and silk stockings.

Betty Boothroyd first decided not to wear the wig and Michael Martin chose not to wear knee breeches, silk stockings or the traditional buckled shoes favouring flannel trousers and Oxford shoes.