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Katakalon (Gr****: Κατακαλών),
rarely Katakalos (Κατακαλός), was the name of a
Byzantine noble family of the 10th–12th centuries. The
first attested member...
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Nikephoros Euphorbenos Katakalon (Gr****: Νικηφόρος Εὐφορβηνός Κατακαλών) was a
Byzantine aristocrat and son-in-law of
Emperor Alexios I
Komnenos (r. 1081–1118)...
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Katakalon, the son of
Constantine Euphorbenos Katakalon, one of Alexios' most
prominent and
trusted generals. On the occasion,
Nikephoros Katakalon was...
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Katakalon Tarchaneiotes (Gr****: Κατακαλών Ταρχανειώτης),
mentioned in the
works of
Nikephoros Bryennios the
Younger as
Katakalon Katakalos (Κατακαλών Κατακαλός)...
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revolt of Leo Tornikios. As a result, the
Byzantine commanders,
Aaron and
Katakalon Kekaumenos,
disagreed on how best to
confront the invasion. Kekaumenos...
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Katakalon Kekaumenos (Gr****: Κατακαλὼν Κεκαυμένος) was a
prominent Byzantine general of the mid-11th century.
Katakalon Kekaumenos was born in Koloneia...
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Foundation of
Wallachia Battle of
Adrianople (1205)
Constantine Euphorbenos Katakalon Maria of Bulgaria,
Latin Empress Cossacks Asen dynasty –
dynasty of the...
- to Europe. The army was
commanded by the
Domestic of the
Schools Leo
Katakalon, who
lacked the
ability of Phokas. The two
armies clashed at Boulgarophygon...
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refuge in an
abandoned castle.
Eventually the
Byzantines under Constantine Katakalon sailed over and
raised the siege;
these few
thousand returned to Constantinople...
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devastating success against Nikephoros'
successor as Domestic, Leo
Katakalon. The
later chronicle of
Theophanes Continuatus, however,
reports a different...
