Английская Википедия:Constantine X Doukas
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Constantine X Doukas or Ducas (Шаблон:Lang-el, Kōnstantinos X Doukas, Шаблон:Circa – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was the founder of the Doukid dynasty. During his reign, the Normans took over much of the remaining Byzantine territories in Italy while in the Balkans the Hungarians occupied Belgrade. He also suffered defeats by the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan.
Reign
Constantine's parents are not mentioned in any primary sources,Шаблон:Sfn but some scholars theorize that he was the son of Andronikos Doukas, a nobleman who served as strategos of Preslav during the reign of Basil II (Шаблон:Reign).[1][2] Historians often give his birthdate as Шаблон:Circa 1006,Шаблон:Sfn as he is said to have died aged "slightly over sixty years".Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He was an academic, addicted to endless debates about philosophy and theology, and he gained influence after he married, as his second wife, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, a niece of Patriarch Michael Keroularios.[3] In 1057, Constantine supported the usurpation of Isaac I Komnenos, gradually siding with the court bureaucracy against the new emperor's reforms.[3] In spite of this tacit opposition, Constantine was chosen as successor by the ailing Isaac in 1059, under the influence of Michael Psellos.Шаблон:Sfn Isaac abdicated on 22 November and Constantine X was crowned emperor on the following day.Шаблон:Sfn
The new emperor quickly associated two of his young sons in power, Michael VII Doukas and Konstantios Doukas, appointed his brother John Doukas as kaisar (caesar), and embarked on a policy favorable to the interests of the court bureaucracy and the church.[3] Severely undercutting the training and financial support for the armed forces, Constantine X disbanded the Armenian local militia of 50,000 men at a crucial point of time, coinciding with the westward advance of the Seljuk Turks and their Turcoman allies.Шаблон:Sfn Undoing many of the necessary reforms of Isaac I Komnenos, he bloated the military bureaucracy with highly paid court officials and crowded the Senate with his supporters.Шаблон:Sfn
His decisions to replace standing soldiers with mercenariesШаблон:Sfn and leaving the frontier fortifications unrepaired led Constantine to become naturally unpopular with the supporters of Isaac within the military aristocracy, who attempted to assassinate him in 1061.[3] He also became unpopular with the general population after he raised taxes to try to pay the army.[3]
At the very start of his reign, the Normans under Robert Guiscard completed the conquest of Byzantine Calabria, but Constantine showed a resurgent interest in retaining Apulia. He appointed at least two catepans of Italy (Marules and Sirianus) and sent reinforcements on two further occasions (under "Miriarcha" and Michael Maurex). He also suffered invasions by Alp Arslan in Asia Minor in 1064, resulting in the loss of the Armenian capital,Шаблон:Sfn and by the Oghuz Turks in the Balkans in 1065,Шаблон:Sfn while Belgrade was lost to the Hungarians.Шаблон:Sfn
Already old and unhealthy when he came to power, Constantine died on 23 May 1067.Шаблон:Sfn His final act was to demand that only his sons succeed him, forcing his wife Eudokia Makrembolitissa to take a vow not to remarry.Шаблон:Sfn Both Michael and Konstantios were too young to rule, so Empress Eudokia ruled as de facto ruler until 1 January 1068, when she married Romanos IV Diogenes and crowned him emperor.
Family
By his first wife, a daughter of Constantine Dalassenos, Constantine X Doukas had no issue.Шаблон:Sfn
By his second wife, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, he had the four sons and three daughters:Шаблон:Sfn
- Michael VII Doukas, co-emperor from 1060 and senior emperor after 1071.
- A son who died in infancy.
- Anne Doukaina, nun.Шаблон:Sfn
- Andronikos Doukas, co-emperor from 1068 to 1078.
- Theodora Doukaina, who married Domenico Selvo, Doge of Venice.
- Konstantios Doukas, co-emperor from 1060 to 1078, died in battle with the Normans in 1081Шаблон:Sfn
- Zoe Doukaina, who married Adrianos Komnenos, a brother of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. They had a son, Alexios, and two daughters, maybe named Anne and Alexia.Шаблон:Sfn
See also
Notes
References
- Шаблон:Citation
- Шаблон:Cite journal
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- Шаблон:Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
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- Шаблон:Polemis-The Doukai
- Шаблон:Cite book
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