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.

In 1078, he was appointed commander of the field army in the West by Nikephoros III.

While the Byzantine troops were assembling for the expedition, Alexios was approached by the Doukas faction at court, who convinced him to join a conspiracy against Nikephoros III.

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.

Nikephoros III intended to leave the throne to one of his close relatives, and this resulted in Maria's ambivalence and alliance with the Komnenoi.

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.

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

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Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Latinized as Nicephorus III Botaniates (, c. 1002 – 10 December 1081 ) was Byzantine emperor from 1078 to 1081.

On 24 March 1078, Nikephoros III Botaneiates entered Constantinople in triumph and was crowned by Patriarch Kosmas I of Constantinople.

To solidify his position, on the death of his second wife Nikephoros III sought to marry Eudokia Makrembolitissa, the mother of Michael VII and the widow of Constantine X and Romanos IV.

Failing to secure the support of either the Seljuk Turks or Nikephoros Melissenos ( both parties being his traditional enemies ), Nikephoros III was forced to abdicate in favour of the Komnenos dynasty, to which he was connected through the engagement of his grandson to the daughter of Alexios's older brother Manuel.

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At the suggestion of his mother-in-law he wrote a history (" Materials for a History ", ) of the period from 1057 to 1081, from the victory of Isaac I Komnenos over Michael VI to the dethronement of Nikephoros III Botaneiates by Alexios I.

Emperor Nikephoros III flanked by personifications of Truth and Justice, and by his senior court dignitaries, from an illuminated manuscript dating to the 1070s.

Hence the title was more frequently awarded to second-and third-born sons, or to close and influential relatives of the Emperor: thus for example Alexios Mosele was the son-in-law of Theophilos, Bardas was the uncle and chief minister of Michael III, while Nikephoros II awarded the title to his father, Bardas Phokas.

After Michael VII was deposed in 1078 by Nikephoros III, Eudokia was recalled by the new emperor who offered to marry her.

In a more sinister episode, the historian John Zonaras reports the guard revolting against Nikephoros III Botaneiates after the blinding of the general Nikephoros Bryennios in 1078, " planning to kill him " but being suppressed by loyal troops.

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* Book 2: The Komnenian revolt ( Envy against the family — Causes of uprising — The escape — Rebels proclaim Alexius as emperor-Melissenos revolts — Komnenians seize Constantinople-Emperor Nikephoros III Votaneiates abdicates )

Nikephoros Botaneiates had served as general from the reign of Constantine IX.

In 1078 two generals, Nikephoros Bryennios and Nikephoros Botaneiates, simultaneously revolted in the Balkans and Anatolia, respectively.

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At this time, Géza married a niece of Michael VII's military commander Nikephoros Botaneiates.

# 2. c. 1075: Unnamed daughter (" Synadene ") of Theodulos Synadenos and his wife, the sister of the future Byzantine emperor Nikephoros Botaneiates (?

The town of Polygyros is first mentioned in a medieval imperial document, chryssovoulon ( with golden stamp ), of Eastern Roman Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates about 1080 CE.

In 1064, he participated in the unsuccessful defense of Ani against the Seljuk leader Alp Arslanand his allies: the Caucasian Georgians headed by King Bagrat IV of Georgia and Albanians headed by King Goridzhan. He served afterwards under Michael VII Doukas ( 1071 – 78 ) and Nikephoros III Botaneiates ( 1078 – 81 ) in various responsible positions on both the eastern and the western frontiers of the empire.

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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.

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He was the author of a chronicle or historical synopsis of events from the creation of the world to the end of the reign of Nikephoros Botaneiates ( 1081 ), sponsored by Irene Komnene, the emperor's sister-in-law.

For this reason the Doukas family supported Alexios in 1081, when a struggle for the throne erupted after the abdication of Nikephoros III Botaneiates.

Alexios was ordered to march against his brother-in-law Nikephoros Melissenos in Asia Minor but refused to fight his kinsman.

This measure, which was intended to diminish opposition, was paralleled by the introduction of new courtly dignities, like that of panhypersebastos given to Nikephoros Bryennios, or that of sebastokrator given to the emperor's brother Isaac Komnenos.

By the time of the Byzantine Iconoclasm several centuries later, Eusebius had unfairly gained the reputation of having been an Arian, and was roundly condemned as such by Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople.

Although both Leo VI and Nikephoros Phokas claim that the substance used in the cheirosiphōnes was the same as in the static devices used on ships, they were manifestly different from their larger cousins.

An unwise reference by the pope to Nikephoros II Phokas, the ruler in Constantinople, as " Greek " in a letter while Otto's ambassador, Liudprand of Cremona, was in the Byzantine court, had destroyed the first round of negotiations.

Theophanu was nevertheless of distinguished noble heritage: recent research has established her as the daughter of Sophia Phokaina, Tzimiskes ' cousin and niece of Nikephoros II, and of Tzimiskes ' brother-in-law ( from his first marriage ) Constantine Skleros.

After his retirement in 1779, he was replaced by another Greek theologian, Nikephoros Theotokis.

It appears likely that Platon at this time put forth Theodore's name, but Nikephoros, a layman who held the rank asekretis in the imperial bureaucracy, was chosen instead.

In 806, the Patriarch Nikephoros convened a synod to address the case, at which Theodore was present.

The priest Joseph was once more defrocked, and Theodore was, at least superficially, reconciled with the Patriarch Nikephoros.

Leo held fast by his plan to revive iconoclasm, and in March 815 the Patrarch Nikephoros was stripped of his office and exiled to Bithynia.

St. Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Α ΄, Nikēphoros I ), ( c. 758 – April 5, 828 ) was a Christian Byzantine writer and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from April 12, 806, to March 13, 815.

Nikephoros at first replied to his removal from his office by excommunication, but was at last obliged to yield to force, and was taken to one of the cloisters he had founded, Tou Agathou, and later to that called Tou Hagiou Theodorou.

Nikephoros was murdered in 969 by his nephew John I Tzimisces, who then became emperor and reigned for seven years.

The chief motive of these men, both of whom were experienced generals, was that they wished to assume the Imperial position that Nikephoros II and John I had held, and thus return Basil to the role of impotent cypher.

On 29 July 1014, Basil II and his general Nikephoros Xiphias outmanoeuvred the Bulgarian army, which was defending one of the fortified passes, in the Battle of Kleidion.