Andronikos Doukas or Andronicus Ducas (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Δούκας), (d. 14 October 1077) was a protovestiarios and protoproedros of the Byzantine Empire. October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 26 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits Pope Gregory VII as a penitent, asking him remove sentence of excommunication Robert Curthose instigates his first insurrection against his father, William the Conqueror Seljuk Turks capture Nicaea Süleyman I of Rüm becomes the leader of the Sultanate of... Painting of Emperor Basil II, exemplifying the Imperial Crown handed down by Angels. ... Byzantine Empire (Greek: Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ...

Life

Andronikos Doukas was son of the Caesar John Doukas and Eirene Pegonitissa. His father was a brother of Emperor Constantine X Doukas. His maternal grandfather was Niketas Pegonites. Andronikos himself was a first cousin of Michael VII Doukas. Caesar (p. ... Constantine X Ducas (1006 - May, 1067) was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1059 - 1067). ... Michael VII Ducas or Parapinakes, was the eldest son of Constantine X Ducas and Eudocia Macrembolitissa. ...

In 1071 Andronikos was the commander of a section of the Byzantine army in the campaign of Romanos IV Diogenes against the Seljuk Turks of Alp Arslan. Commanding the rearguard of the army during the Battle of Manzikert, Andronikos announced that the emperor had been cut down and deserted from the battlefield. He was widely blamed for causing the crushing defeat of the Byzantine forces and the subsequent capture of Romanos IV by the enemy. Romanos IV Romanos IV Diogenes or Romanus IV Diogenes (Greek: Ρωμανός Δ΄ Διογένης, Rōmanos IV Diogenēs), Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. ... The Seljuk coat of arms was a double headed eagle The Seljuk Turks (also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq; in modern Turkish Selçuklular; in Persian سلجوقيان Saljūqiyān; in Arabic سلجوق Saljūq, or السلاجقة al-Salājiqa) were a major branch of the Oghuz Turks and a dynasty that ruled parts of... Muhammed ben Daud (1029 – December 15, 1072), the second sultan of the dynasty of Seljuk Turks, in Persia, and great-grandson of Seljuk, the founder of the dynasty. ... The Battle of Manzikert, or The Battle of Malazgirt, was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk forces led by Alp Arslan on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert, Armenia (modern Malazgirt, Turkey). ...

In 1072, after Romanos had been released by Alp Arslan, Andronikos and his brother Constantine were sent out by Michael VII and their father the Caesar John to intercept him. They defeated Romanos and hunted him down in Cilicia. It was Andronikos who finally obtained Romanos' surrender and conducted him towards Constantinople. In spite of his former hatred for the deposed emperor, Andronikos is said to have opposed his blinding on June 29, 1072. Cilicia as Roman province, 120 AD In Antiquity, Cilicia (Κιλικία) was the name of a region, now known as Çukurova, and often a political unit, on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. ... Map of Constantinople. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... Events William I of England invades Scotland, and also receives the submission of Hereward the Wake. ...

In 1074, together with his father, Andronikos commanded the imperial army against the rebel mercenaries led by Roussel de Bailleul. Both were captured by the rebels, who released the badly wounded Andronikos to allow him to seek proper medical treatment in Constantinople. There he recovered for a few years, but in October 1077 died of an edema. Edema (BE: oedema, formerly known as dropsy) is swelling of any organ or tissue due to accumulation of excess fluid. ...

Family

Andronikos Doukas married Maria of Bulgaria, daughter of Troian. Troian was a son of Emperor Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria. They had at least five children: Ivan Vladislav was the ruler of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to August or September 1018. ...

• Michael Doukas.
• John Doukas.
• Irene Doukaina, who married Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
• Anna Doukaina, who married George Palaiologos.
• Theodora Doukaina, a nun.

Byzantine emperor Alexius I Komnenos Alexios I Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus (Greek: Αλέξιος Α Κομνηνός, Alexios I Komnēnos) (1048–August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081–1118), was the third son of John Komnenos, the nephew of Isaac I Komnenos (emperor 1057–1059). ...

References

• D.I. Polemis, The Doukai, London, 1968.
• Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners

External links

• A profile of him
• A pedigree of him
• A family tree of the Doukas family