{"slug": "michael-vii-doukas", "label": "Michael VII Doukas", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_VII_Doukas", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210564", "qid": "Q210564", "description": "Byzantine emperor", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1050, 1078], "span_label": ["1050 CE", "1078 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "nikephoros-iii-botaneiates", "label": "Nikephoros III Botaneiates", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "caesar-title", "label": "Caesar (title)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "anatolic-theme", "label": "Anatolic Theme", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "seljuq-dynasty", "label": "Seljuq dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cappadocia", "label": "Cappadocia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bithynia", "label": "Bithynia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "galatia", "label": "Galatia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bosporus", "label": "Bosporus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1050, "year_label": "1050 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Michael VII Doukas, Byzantine emperor (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368550668#Births", "title": "1050", "revid": 1368550668, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1067, "year_label": "1067 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Emperor Constantine X dies after a 7-year reign at Constantinople. His wife, Empress Eudocia Macrembolitissa, is crowned Augusta and becomes co-regent for her two sons (Michael VII and Konstantios) along with Constantine's brother John Doukas, who rules as Caesar of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260536#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1067", "revid": 1365260536, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1071, "year_label": "1071 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Romanos IV is deposed by John Doukas (Caesar) and his political advisor Michael Psellos after his return to Constantinople. Michael VII Doukas is crowned co-emperor and his mother Eudokia is forced to retire to a monastery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332932306#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1071", "revid": 1332932306, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1073, "year_label": "1073 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Michael VII Doukas sends a Byzantine army to deal with Seljuk raiding in Cappadocia, supported with a mixed force of Norman and French mercenary heavy cavalry under Roussel de Bailleul. Roussel re-conquers some territory in Galatia and declares it an independent Norman state. Michael, enraged, sends another army led by his uncle, Caesar John Doukas and the veteran General Nikephoros Botaneiates to deal with the rising of the Norman threat in Asia minor. But the Byzantines are defeated and John is captured. Roussel marches with a force (3,000 men) across Bithynia to the Bosporus and sacks Chrysopolis, near Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270579#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1073", "revid": 1365270579, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1074, "year_label": "1074 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Norman mercenaries, led by Roussel de Bailleul, proclaim John Doukas emperor of the Byzantine Empire. His nephew, Emperor Michael VII Doukas, forms an alliance with Seljuk chieftain Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, who is raiding in the eastern regions of Anatolia. The Seljuk Turks ambush the Norman forces; Roussel and John are defeated and captured; but a ransom, raised by Roussel's wife, allows him to return to Amaseia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339713038#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1074", "revid": 1339713038, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1075, "year_label": "1075 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The future Emperor Alexios Komnenos captures the Norman rebel Roussel de Bailleul in Amaseia. Roussel had established a principality in eastern Anatolia in 1073 after rebelling against Emperor Michael VII Doukas, basing his power on his western mercenaries and local support in exchange for protection against invading Turkmen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265849#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1075", "revid": 1365265849, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1077, "year_label": "1077 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, governor (doux) of the Theme of Dyrrhachium in the western Balkans, and Nikephoros Botaneiates, a general (strategos) of the Theme of Anatolics (modern Turkey), are proclaimed emperors by their troops. Emperor Michael VII Doukas offers Bryennios the title of caesar (co-emperor) if he submits to his rule, but Bryennios refuses. He sets out from Dyrrhachium, and marches towards Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303472978#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1077", "revid": 1303472978, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1078, "year_label": "1078 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Nikephoros Botaneiates, a Byzantine general (strategos) of the Theme of the Anatolics, revolts against Emperor Michael VII Doukas. With the support of the Seljuk Turks who provide him with troops, Nikephoros marches upon Nicaea (modern Turkey). He defeats the imperial army and proclaims himself emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329585949#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1078", "revid": 1329585949, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}