# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-the-orphanotrophos
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:15:25.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-the-orphanotrophos"
name: "John the Orphanotrophos"
slug: "john-the-orphanotrophos"
description: "John the Orphanotrophos was a highly influential eunuch advisor to the Byzantine Emperor Romanos III. John was born in the region of Paphlagonia. His family were said to be involved in a disreputable trade, perhaps money changing or, according to George Kedrenos, counterfeiting. John was the eldest of five brothers. Two, Constantine and George, were also eunuchs, while the other two, Niketas and Michael, were 'bearded' men; the latter became Michael IV the Paphlagonian after John introduced him to the reigning Empress Zoë. According to Michael Psellos, the two became lovers and may have plotted to assassinate Zoë's husband. Romanos was probably killed in his bath on 11 April 1034. Some contemporary sources implicate John in the assassination."
tagline: "Chief Court eunuch (1000-1043)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Zoe_asks_Sgouritzes_to_poison_John_the_Orphanotrophos.jpg/330px-Zoe_asks_Sgouritzes_to_poison_John_the_Orphanotrophos.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1000"
deathDate: "1043-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.5
  momentum:             0.7407407407407408
  historical:           14.438772
  currentAttention:     4.11522633744856
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF"
    title: "Іван Орфанотроп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "يوحنا أورفانوتروفوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "يوحنا اورفانوتروفوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Orphanotrophos"
    title: "Johannes Orphanotrophos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9F%CF%81%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%84%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Ιωάννης ο Ορφανοτρόφος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Orphanotrophos"
    title: "John the Orphanotrophos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_el_Eunuco"
    title: "Juan el Eunuco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_l'Orphanotrophe"
    title: "Jean l'Orphanotrophe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io%C3%A1nnis_Orfanotr%C3%B3fos"
    title: "Ioánnis Orfanotrófos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_l'Orfanotrofo"
    title: "Giovanni l'Orfanotrofo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Orfanotrofos"
    title: "Johannes Orfanotrofos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Orfanotropos"
    title: "Johannes Orfanotropos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o%2C_o_Orfanotrofo"
    title: "João, o Orfanotrofo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84"
    title: "Иоанн Орфанотроф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B3annes_Orfanotrofos"
    title: "Ióannes Orfanotrofos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84"
    title: "Јован Орфанотроф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0oannis_Orfanotrofos"
    title: "İoannis Orfanotrofos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347851"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump