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	NICEPHORUS (I.-III.) - LoveToKnow Article on NICEPHORUS (I.-III.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		NICEPHORUS I., emperor 802-811, was a native of Seleucia in Pisidia, who was raised by the empress Irene to the office of logothetes or lord high treasurer.
		Nicephorus was also the author of lists of the emperors and patriarchs of Constantinople, of a poem on the capture of Jerusalem, and of a synopsis of the Scriptures, all in iambics; and of commentaries on liturgical poems.
		Nicephorus is the author of a valuable compendium (Breviarium historicum) of Byzantine history from 602 to 770, of a meagre Chronologia corn pendiaria from Adam to the year of his own death.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NICEPHORUS_I_III_.htm (2832 words)

	Nicephorus II -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus II Phocas, (Click link for more info and facts about Byzantine emperor) Byzantine emperor (Click link for more info and facts about 963) 963- (Click link for more info and facts about 969) 969, belonged to a (An ancient country is eastern Asia Minor) Cappadocian family which had produced several distinguished generals.
		Thanks to his popularity with the army, Nicephorus was crowned emperor by the side of Romanus's infant sons, and in spite of the patriarch's opposition married their mother, the regent Theophano.
		Last of all, he was forsaken by his wife, and, in consequence of a conspiracy which she headed with his nephew (Click link for more info and facts about John Tzimisces) John Tzimisces, was (Click link for more info and facts about assassinated) assassinated in his sleeping apartment.
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	Saint Nicephorus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After the emperor's death (811), Nicephorus cooperated in the removal of Staurakios and in the elevation of the incapable Michael Rhangabe.
		Nicephorus at first replied to his removal from his office by excommunication, but was at last obliged to yield to force, and was taken to one of the cloisters he had founded, Tou Agathou, and later to that called Tou hagiou Theodorou.
		From there he carried on a literary polemic for the cause of the iconodules against the synod of 815; on the occasion of the change of sovereigns, in 820, he at least obtained the promise of toleration.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/saint-nicephorus.html (710 words)

	Rodolphe Guilland, "Les Eunuques dans l'Empire Byzantin" (English)
		The eunuch Nicephorus, not the same as the aforementioned eunuch Nicephorus, the former protovestiary of Constantine VIII (1025-1028) and titled proedrus, put on the monk's habit under the reign of Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1034-1041) and retired to the celebrated monastery of Stoudios (Cedr.
		In the expedition of 964, Nicephorus II Phocas sent the Byzantine fleet to Sicily under the command of the eunuch patrician Nicetas, navarchos or drungaire of the fleet, who was defeated and taken prisoner (Leo the Deacon 65-67; Cedr.
		II 512; Zonaras III 588-589), Constantine distinguished himself as a governor and was appointed Domestikos of the Scholes of the East (Cedr.
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	List of Byzantine Emperors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Michael III the Drunkard (840-867, ruled 842 - 867) — son of Theophilus
		Nicephorus II Phocas (912-969, ruled 963 - 969) — married Romanus II's widow; step-father of Basil II and Constantine VIII
		Nicephorus III Botaniates (1001-1081, ruled 1078 - 1081) — married Michael VII's widow
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	Constantinople (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus fell in a Bulgarian campaign against the Bulgar Khan Krum, who after defeating him, had his skull lined with silver and used it as a drinking cup.
		The victorious general Nicephorus returned, married the widow, and associated himself on the throne with the infants after the precedent of Romanus I. He recovered Cyprus, and his armies overran half Syria.
		Andronicus III was succeeded by an infant, John V, while the government remained in the hands of his minister John Cantacuzenus.
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	Nicephorus III
		Nicephorus III (Botaniates), Byzantine emperor 1078-1081, belonged to a family which claimed descent from the Roman Fabii; he rose to be commander of the troops in Asia.
		In 1078 he revolted against Michael VII, and with the connivance of the Turks marched upon Nicaea, where he made himself emperor.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
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	Nicephorus II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus and his step-son Basil, later.html" title="Basil II">Basil II Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine emperor 963-969, belonged to a Cappadocian family which had produced several distinguished generals.
		On his northern frontier he began a war against the Bulgars, to whom the Byzantines had of late been paying tribute (967), and by instigating an attack from the Kievan Rus', distracted their attention effectively.
		Last of all, he was forsaken by his wife, and, in consequence of a conspiracy which she headed with his nephew John Tzimisces, was assassinated in his sleeping apartment.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/nicephorus-ii.html (553 words)

	Nicephorus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Nicephorus Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758-829 AD, author of a famous Stichometry.
		Nicephorus, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch 1084 - 1090
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicephorus (87 words)

	Nicephorus III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus III Botaniates, Byzantine emperor 1078- 1081, belonged to a family which claimed descentfrom the Roman Fabii ; he roseto be commander of the troops in Asia.
		In 1078 he revolted against Michael VII, and with the connivance of the Seljuk Turks marched upon Nicaea,where he made himself emperor.
		In the years of his reign Nicephorus had entirely given himself overto debauchery.
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	Nicephorus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus II Phocas, ANUNCIO byzantine del emperador 963-969.
		Nicephorus III Botaniates, ANUNCIO byzantine 1078-1081 del emperador.
		Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos, historiador eclesiástico griego, ANUNCIO 1320 de la c..
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ni/Nicephorus.htm (54 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 85 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		nicephorus palaeologus, with the title of Hypertimus, was a faithful servant of the emperor Nicephorus III.
		georgius palaeologus, the son of the preceding, was celebrated for his military abilities, and served with his father under the emperors Nicephorus III.
		andronicus palaeologus, the ancestor of the imperial family of the Palaeologi, was Magnus Domesticus under the emperors Theodoras Lascaris and Joannes III.
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		Nicephorus I the General Logothete, (ruled 802 - 811)
		Nicephorus II Phocas (912-969, ruled 963 - 969)
		Nicephorus III Botaniates, (1001-1081, ruled 1078 - 1081)
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_byzantine_emperors.html (682 words)

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		Nicephorus III Botaniates (1001-1081, ruled 1078 - 1081) – married Michael VII's widow
		Alexius III Angelus (1153-1211, ruled 1195 - 1203) – brother of Isaac II Alexius IV Angelus (1182-1204, ruled 1203 - 1204) – son of Isaac II Isaac II Angelus (restored with Alexius IV, 1203 - 1204)
		Andronicus III Palaeologus (1297-1341, ruled 1328 - 1341) – grandson of Andronicus II John V Palaeologus (1332-1391, ruled 1341 - 1376) – son of Andronicus III
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	1001 article - 1001 Number 1001 998 999 1000 1002 1003 1004 Decades 970s 980s 990s - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Khmer king Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I and/or Suryavarman I. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened (see Aachen Cathedral).
		Holy Roman Empire - Otto III, Emperor (983 - 1002).
		Scotland - Kenneth III, King (997 - 1005).
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	Nicephorus III -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the face of another rebellious general, (Click link for more info and facts about Nicephorus Bryennius) Nicephorus Bryennius, his election was ratified by the aristocracy and clergy.
		With the help of (Click link for more info and facts about Alexius Comnenus) Alexius Comnenus, he drove Bryennius and other rivals out of the field, but failed to clear the invading Turks out of (A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey) Asia Minor.
		Nicephorus ultimately quarrelled with (Click link for more info and facts about Alexius) Alexius, who used his influence with the army to depose the emperor and banish him to a (The residence of a religious community) monastery.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/nicephorus_iii2.htm (136 words)

	Nicephorus III Botaneiates -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Nicephorus also spelled Nikephoros Byzantine emperor (1078–81) whose use of Turkish support in acquiring and holding the throne tightened the grip of the Seljuq Turks on Anatolia.
		Nicephorus, who belonged to the military aristocracy of Asia Minor and who was related to the powerful Phocas family, became commander of the Anatolian theme (administrative district).
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	32nd Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The third son of John Comnenus and a nephew of Isaac I (emperor from 1057 to 1059), Alexius came of a distinguished Byzantine landed family and was one of the military magnates who had long urged more effective defense measures, particularly against the Turks' encroaching on Byzantine provinces in eastern and central Anatolia.
		Walram de Lorraine III, Prince of Lorraine "Paganus" was born circa 1085 and married circa 1110.
		Eustace de Boulogne III, Count of Boulogne was born circa 1070 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais département, Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, France and married 1102.
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	The Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was to Nicephorus that the infamous letter from the Caliph Harun ar-Rashid was sent to, addressed: "From Harun, Commander of the faithful, to Nicephorus, dog of the Romans..."
		This nickname means "Born in the Purple" and is a blunt claim to legitimacy.
		At first unfriendly to Valentinian III, he later made his peace with Valentinian's mother, Galla Placidia, and was given a command in Gaul.
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	Feature Articles
		Nicephorus Bryennius and Anna Comnena: The "Roman" Xenophon and Thucydides of Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Constantinople
		dynasty, the Caesar Nicephorus Bryennius, Alexius' son-in-law, and Anna Comnena, the daughter of Alexius and the widow of Bryennius.
		Nicephorus II (963-969) retook Crete and Cyprus, restoring Roman naval power, while more dramatically advancing Roman arms to the conquest of Cilicia and the great city of Antioch.
	www.helleniccomserve.com /comnena.html (2995 words)

	Nicephorus III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nicephorus III Botaniates, emperador byzantine 1078-1081, pertenecido a una familia que demandó pendiente del Fabii romano; él se levantó para ser comandante de las tropas en Asia.
		Nicephorus peleó en última instancia con Alexius, que utilizó su influencia con el ejército para depose el emperador y para banish lo a un monasterio.
		En los años de su reinado Nicephorus se había dado enteramente encima al debauchery.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ni/Nicephorus%20III.htm (167 words)

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		The ecclesiology of St. Nicephorus I (758-828), Patriarch of Constantinople: pentarchy and primacy (Orientalia Christiana analecta)
		The Roman Empire: Essays on the Constitutional History from the Accession of Domitian (81 A.D.) to the Retirement of Nicephorus III (1081 A.D.)
		Roman Empire: Essays on the Constitutional History from the Accession of Domitian (81 A.) to the Retirement of Nicephorus III (1081 A. By: F. Bussell
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	Nicephorus I -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Nicephorus became a high financial official under the empress Irene, and, when a revolution deposed Irene in 802, he was proclaimed emperor.
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	Alexius I Comnenus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Under one of these emperors, Romanus IV Diogenes (1067–1071), he served with distinction against the Seljuk Turks.
		Under Michael VII Parapinaces (1071–1078) and Nicephorus III Botaniates (1078–1081) he was also employed, along with his elder brother Isaac, against rebels in Asia Minor, Thrace and in Epirus in 1071.
		The success of the Comneni roused the jealousy of Botaniates and his ministers, and the Comneni were almost compelled to take up arms in self-defence.
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	Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comnena: The Alexiad: Complete Text
		My lawful husband was the Caesar Nicephorus, a scion of the clan of the Bryennii, a man who far outshone his contemporaries by his surpassing beauty, his superior intelligence, and his accurate speech.
		IV Afterwards, the Emperor Nicephorus (Botaniates) who had now obtained the throne, sent him away again - to the West this time, against Nicephorus Bryennius, who was upseting the whole of the West by putting the crown on his own head, and proclaiming himself Emperor of the Romans.
		III About this time the city of Cyzicus was taken by the Turks; directly the Emperor learnt of the capture of the city, he sent for Alexius Comnenus.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad00.html (18194 words)

	NICEPHORUS II - Online Information article about NICEPHORUS II
		Thanks to his popularity with the army, Nicephorus was crowned emperor by the See also:
		John Zimisces, was assassinated in his sleeping apartment.
		Nicephorus was the author of an extant See also:
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