- The
House of
Doukas (pl.
Doukai; Gr****: Δούκας, pl. Δούκαι,
feminine form Doukaina; Δούκαινα),
Latinized as Ducas, was a
Byzantine Gr****
noble family,...
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status as the
western extremity of the
Byzantine Empire,
under the
Byzantine Doukai of
Epirus or
Laskarids of Nicaea.
Towards the end of the 12th and beginning...
- and it was
Doukai financial and
political support that
largely facilitated the
successful coup that
brought him to the throne. The
Doukai of the 11th...
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emperor in a
palace coup. When released, he was
ultimately defeated by the
Doukai in
Cilicia and
forced to surrender.
Despite receiving a
promise that he...
-
Irene Doukaina, a
woman whom she
hated because of past
intrigues with the
Doukai. Anna was the
daughter of
Alexios Charon, and a lady of the
noble Dal****enos...
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named Caracalla after him.
Later Eastern imperial dynasties, such as the
Doukai and Palaiologoi,
claimed descent from
Constantine the Great. What turns...
- from
deriving legitimacy as
rulers from
familial links to the
prominent Doukai (emperors
Constantine X and
Michael VII in particular), they also had a...
- M****cripts, Brill, ISBN 9789633862971 Polemis,
Demetrios I. (1968). The
Doukai: A
Contribution to
Byzantine Prosopography. London: The
Athlone Press. OCLC 299868377...
- earliest, and
almost archetypal, such
families to emerge,
along with the
Doukai. The
family is
first securely attested in the mid-9th century, but may have...
- to
control the
great aristocratic families (e.g., the
Phokadai and the
Doukai)
occasionally led to
serious conflicts, the most
significant being the revolt...
