# Nikephoros III Botaneiates

> He wanted to marry the empress and become emperor - lost the bride, got exiled, then came back a decade later and took the throne anyway. Nikephoros III ruled Byzantium for three years by force of reputation and military cunning, until a younger general did to him exactly what he'd done to his predecessor.

*Byzantine emperor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/nikephoros-iii-botaneiates

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1001
- **Died:** 1081-12-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Nikephoros Botaneiates rose as a general under Constantine IX, distinguished himself crushing the Pecheneg revolt of 1048-1053, and helped Isaac I Komnenos seize power at the Battle of Petroe in 1057. He governed Thessalonica and Antioch, holding off repeated raids from Aleppo, but when Constantine X died in 1067 and Empress Eudokia chose Romanos IV over him, he was exiled. Michael VII recalled him years later as governor of the Anatolic Theme; Nikephoros appealed too bluntly for help against the Seljuks, feared punishment, and seized the throne in 1078 with Senate and popular backing. His reign churned through revolts - Bryennios, Basilakes, Constantine Doukas, even an assassination attempt by the Varangian Guard - which he countered with donatives, debt forgiveness, and minor reforms. In 1081 Alexios Komnenos, sent to fight the Normans, turned his army on Constantinople instead, took the city on 1 April, and arrested the emperor, who abdicated and retired to the Monastery of Peribleptus.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Journalist, #Royalty, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
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- [Nikephoros III Botaneiates](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_III_Botaneiates)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41689)
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- [Nikephoros III.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_III.)
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- [Νικηφόρος Γ΄ Βοτανειάτης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84_%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Nikeforo la 3-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikeforo_la_3-a)
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- [نیکه‌فوروس سوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Nikeforos III](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikeforos_III)
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- [ניקפורוס השלישי בוטניאטס, קיסר האימפריה הביזנטית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%98%D7%A1%2C_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA)
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- [Нікіфар III Ватаніят](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80_III_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F%D1%82)
- [Нічыпар III Батаніят](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80_III_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F%D1%82)
- [اۆچونجو نیکه‌فوروس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%86%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3)

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