# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikephoros-bryennios-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:44:42.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikephoros-bryennios-the-elder"
name: "Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder"
slug: "nikephoros-bryennios-the-elder"
description: "Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was a Byzantine Greek general who tried to establish himself as Emperor in the late eleventh century. His contemporaries considered him the best tactician in the empire."
tagline: "Late 11th-century Byzantine Empire usurper"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1100"
deathDate: "1095"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.30115466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Bryennios_Gi%C3%A0"
    title: "Nikephoros Bryennios Già"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%92%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Никифор Вриений Стари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A8for_Brienni_el_Vell"
    title: "Nicèfor Brienni el Vell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Bryennios_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Nikephoros Bryennios der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CF%81%CF%85%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος ο Πρεσβύτερος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Bryennios_the_Elder"
    title: "Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9foro_Brienio_(padre)"
    title: "Nicéforo Brienio (padre)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikeforos_Bryennios_vanhempi"
    title: "Nikeforos Bryennios vanhempi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Bryenne_(g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral)"
    title: "Nicéphore Bryenne (général)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9foro_Brienio%2C_o_Vello"
    title: "Nicéforo Brienio, o Vello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "ניקפורוס ברייניוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Bryennius_Tua"
    title: "Nikephoros Bryennius Tua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niceforo_Briennio_il_Vecchio"
    title: "Niceforo Briennio il Vecchio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94_%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "ნიკიფორე ვრიენიოსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicephorus_Bryennius_(dux)"
    title: "Nicephorus Bryennius (dux)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicefor_Bryennios_(uzurpator)"
    title: "Nicefor Bryennios (uzurpator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9foro_Bri%C3%AAnio_(usurpador)"
    title: "Nicéforo Briênio (usurpador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%92%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Никифор Вриенний Старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%9B%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%92%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B8"
    title: "Нићифор Вријеније Старији"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikiforos_Briennios_(ya%C5%9Fl%C4%B1)"
    title: "Nikiforos Briennios (yaşlı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%94%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Никифор Бриєнній Старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1246496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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