# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikephoros-melissenos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:24:48.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikephoros-melissenos"
name: "Nikephoros Melissenos"
slug: "nikephoros-melissenos"
description: "Nikephoros Melissenos, Latinized as Nicephorus Melissenus, was a Byzantine general and aristocrat. Of distinguished lineage, he served as a governor and general in the Balkans and Asia Minor in the 1060s. In the turbulent period after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, when several generals tried to seize the throne for themselves, Melissenos remained loyal to Michael VII Doukas and was exiled by his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates. In 1080–1081, with Turkish aid, he seized control of what remained of Byzantine Asia Minor and proclaimed himself emperor against Botaneiates. After the revolt of his brother-in-law Alexios I Komnenos, however, which succeeded in taking Constantinople, he submitted to him, accepting the rank of Caesar and the governance of Thessalonica. He remained loyal to Alexios thereafter, participating in most Byzantine campaigns of the period 1081–1095 in the Balkans at the emperor's side. He died on 17 November 1104."
tagline: "Byzantine general and usurper"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coin_of_Nikephoros_Melissenos.jpg/330px-Coin_of_Nikephoros_Melissenos.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1045"
deathDate: "1104-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.177248677248677
  historical:           13.54960533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Никифор Меліссен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Никифор Мелисин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A8for_Meliss%C3%A8"
    title: "Nicèfor Melissè"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Melissenos"
    title: "Nikephoros Melissenos"
    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%9C%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_(%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82)"
    title: "Νικηφόρος Μελισσηνός (στρατηγός)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nikephoros Melissenos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9foro_Meliseno"
    title: "Nicéforo Meliseno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizeforo_Meliseno"
    title: "Nizeforo Meliseno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_M%C3%A9liss%C3%A8ne"
    title: "Nicéphore Mélissène"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ניקפורוס מליסנוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niceforo_Melisseno"
    title: "Niceforo Melisseno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicefor_Melissen"
    title: "Nicefor Melissen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9foro_Melisseno"
    title: "Nicéforo Melisseno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Никифор Мелиссин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%9B%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
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    title: "Nikiforos Melissenos"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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