Andronikos Doukas was son of the CaesarJohn 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.
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.
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 29 June 1072.
Andronikos Doukas or Doux (Greek:Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας/Δούξ, died circa 910) was a Byzantine general and rebel in the reign of Emperor Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912). The first member of the illustrious Doukas line to achieve prominence as a successful general, his rivalry with the powerful eunuchSamonas led to his revolt and eventual defection to the Arabs in 906–907. He died in exile in Baghdad.
Biography
Andronikos Doukas is the first prominent member of the Doukas family whose life is known in some detail. He was possibly the son of the first recorded Doukas, an official active circa 855, but nothing is known of his origin and early life. Andronikos first appears in the sources in 904, already a holder of the exalted title of patrikios and a general. In November or December of that year, along with Eustathios Argyros, he campaigned against the Arabs and won a major victory over the combined forces of Mopsuestia and Tarsos near Germanikeia. Alexander Vasiliev suggested that this campaign was possibly waged in retaliation of the Arab sack of Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, a few months earlier. Probably after his victory, he was raised to the rank of Domestic of the Schools, i.e. commander-in-chief of the Empire's army.
Andronikos Doukas Angelos (Greek:Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος, ca. 1122– d. after 1185) was a Byzantine military leader in Asia Minor who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (c. 1125– aft. 1195). Andronikos Doukas Angelos was the son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene (b. 15 January 1096/1097), the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina.
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Andronicus Ducas, Domesticus of the East, 904-906 CE
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Constantine Doukas (or Doux) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας/Δούξ) (died 913) was a prominent Byzantine general. In 904, he stopped the influential eunuch court official Samonas from defecting to the Arabs. In return, Samonas manipulated his father, Andronikos Doukas, into rebelling and fleeing to the Abbasid court in 906/7. Constantine followed his father to Baghdad , but soon escaped and returned to Byzantium, where he was restored by Leo VI the Wise to favour and entrusted with high military offices. Upon the death of the Emperor Alexander, Constantine with the support of several aristocrats unsuccessfully tried to usurp the throne from the young Constantine VII, but was killed in a clash with supporters of the legitimate emperor.
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Isaac II Angelos
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.
His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a military leader in Asia Minor who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa. Andronikos Doukas Angelos was the son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Thus Isaac was a member of the extended imperial clan of the Komnenoi.
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Andronikos Doukas (Greek: 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). Unlike his other brothers, he was not named junior co-emperor by his father, and was raised to the dignity only by Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071). He is otherwise relatively insignificant, and was not involved in the affairs of state to any degree.
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Constantine Doukas (or Doux) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας/Δούξ) (died 913) was a prominent Byzantine general. In 904, he stopped the influential eunuch court official Samonas from defecting to the Arabs. In return, Samonas manipulated his father, Andronikos Doukas, into rebelling and fleeing to the Abbasid court in 906/7. Constantine followed his father to Baghdad , but soon escaped and returned to Byzantium, where he was restored by Leo VI the Wise to favour and entrusted with high military offices. Upon the death of the Emperor Alexander, Constantine with the support of several aristocrats unsuccessfully tried to usurp the throne from the young Constantine VII, but was killed in a clash with supporters of the legitimate emperor.
Constantine Doukas (or Doux) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας/Δούξ) (died 913) was a prominent Byzantine general. In 904, he stopped the influential eunuch court official Samonas from defecting to the Arabs. In return, Samonas manipulated his father, Andronikos Doukas, into rebelling and fleeing to the Abbasid court in 906/7. Constantine followed his father to Baghdad , but soon escaped and returned to Byzantium, where he was restored by Leo VI the Wise to favour and entrusted with high military offices. Upon the death of the Emperor Alexander, Constantine with the support of several aristocrats unsuccessfully tried to usurp the throne from the young Constantine VII, but was killed in a clash with supporters of the legitimate emperor.
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.
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Isaac II Angelos or Angelus was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.
His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a military leader in Asia Minor who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa. Andronikos Doukas Angelos was the son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Thus Isaac was a member of the extended imperial clan of the Komnenoi.
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This video should gives an overview of the dire situation the empire was in before the Fourth Crusade ever arrived in Constantinople. The Eastern Roman Empire w...
This video should gives an overview of the dire situation the empire was in before the Fourth Crusade ever arrived in Constantinople. The Eastern Roman Empire was in a state of unrelenting decline and was breaking apart by the time the Fourth Crusade arrived at Constantinople in 1203. Foreign conquest and break away states were often a result of the total failure of the imperial government to deal with the issues the provinces had, be they abuses by local magnates or foreign incursions. Many local magnets started to rule in their own right to deal with the issues that the Angeloi dynasty did not.
Special thanks to Mr Gene Lee for producing the map 'Fragmentation of the Empire by 1203'.
Primary Sources:
Niketas Choniates, O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates, Translated by H. J. Magoulias, (1984).
Shaw, M. R. B. (1963) Joinville and Villehardouin: Chronicles of the Crusades, Penguin.
Robert of Clari, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade, in: Three Old French Chronicles of the Crusade, Translated by Edward N. Stone (1939).
Gunther of Pairis, The Capture of Constantinople: The Historia Constantinopolitana of Gunther of
Pairis, edited and Translated by Alfred, J. Andrea, (1997).
Scholarship
Angold, M. (1997) The Byzantine Empire, 1025-1204 A Political History – Second Edition, Edinburgh.
Brand, C. M. (1968) Byzantium Confronts the West 1180-1204, Harvard.
Treadgold, W. (1997) A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford.
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This video should gives an overview of the dire situation the empire was in before the Fourth Crusade ever arrived in Constantinople. The Eastern Roman Empire was in a state of unrelenting decline and was breaking apart by the time the Fourth Crusade arrived at Constantinople in 1203. Foreign conquest and break away states were often a result of the total failure of the imperial government to deal with the issues the provinces had, be they abuses by local magnates or foreign incursions. Many local magnets started to rule in their own right to deal with the issues that the Angeloi dynasty did not.
Special thanks to Mr Gene Lee for producing the map 'Fragmentation of the Empire by 1203'.
Primary Sources:
Niketas Choniates, O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates, Translated by H. J. Magoulias, (1984).
Shaw, M. R. B. (1963) Joinville and Villehardouin: Chronicles of the Crusades, Penguin.
Robert of Clari, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade, in: Three Old French Chronicles of the Crusade, Translated by Edward N. Stone (1939).
Gunther of Pairis, The Capture of Constantinople: The Historia Constantinopolitana of Gunther of
Pairis, edited and Translated by Alfred, J. Andrea, (1997).
Scholarship
Angold, M. (1997) The Byzantine Empire, 1025-1204 A Political History – Second Edition, Edinburgh.
Brand, C. M. (1968) Byzantium Confronts the West 1180-1204, Harvard.
Treadgold, W. (1997) A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford.
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Andronikos Doukas (Greek: 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). Unlike his other brothers, he was not named junior co-emperor by his father, and was raised to the dignity only by Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071). He is otherwise relatively insignificant, and was not involved in the affairs of state to any degree.
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Constantine Doukas (or Doux) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας/Δούξ) (died 913) was a prominent Byzantine general. In 904, he stopped the influential eunuch court official Samonas from defecting to the Arabs. In return, Samonas manipulated his father, Andronikos Doukas, into rebelling and fleeing to the Abbasid court in 906/7. Constantine followed his father to Baghdad , but soon escaped and returned to Byzantium, where he was restored by Leo VI the Wise to favour and entrusted with high military offices. Upon the death of the Emperor Alexander, Constantine with the support of several aristocrats unsuccessfully tried to usurp the throne from the young Constantine VII, but was killed in a clash with supporters of the legitimate emperor.
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.
His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a military leader in Asia Minor who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa. Andronikos Doukas Angelos was the son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Thus Isaac was a member of the extended imperial clan of the Komnenoi.
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This video should gives an overview of the dire situation the empire was in before the Fourth Crusade ever arrived in Constantinople. The Eastern Roman Empire was in a state of unrelenting decline and was breaking apart by the time the Fourth Crusade arrived at Constantinople in 1203. Foreign conquest and break away states were often a result of the total failure of the imperial government to deal with the issues the provinces had, be they abuses by local magnates or foreign incursions. Many local magnets started to rule in their own right to deal with the issues that the Angeloi dynasty did not.
Special thanks to Mr Gene Lee for producing the map 'Fragmentation of the Empire by 1203'.
Primary Sources:
Niketas Choniates, O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates, Translated by H. J. Magoulias, (1984).
Shaw, M. R. B. (1963) Joinville and Villehardouin: Chronicles of the Crusades, Penguin.
Robert of Clari, Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade, in: Three Old French Chronicles of the Crusade, Translated by Edward N. Stone (1939).
Gunther of Pairis, The Capture of Constantinople: The Historia Constantinopolitana of Gunther of
Pairis, edited and Translated by Alfred, J. Andrea, (1997).
Scholarship
Angold, M. (1997) The Byzantine Empire, 1025-1204 A Political History – Second Edition, Edinburgh.
Brand, C. M. (1968) Byzantium Confronts the West 1180-1204, Harvard.
Treadgold, W. (1997) A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford.
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Music Credit:
'Emnity' and 'Rivers' by Ed Lima and Steve Maitland from Empire Earth by Stainless Steel Studios.
'Ambient Themes' by Jason Graves from Rise and Fall: Civilisations at War by Stainless Steel Studios and Midway Games.
'Vendetta' and 'Notice of Death' by Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto from Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together by Quest and Suare Enix.
'The Capture' by Steven Rippy from Age of Empires by Ensemble Studios.
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