# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikephoros-xiphias
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:22:31.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikephoros-xiphias"
name: "Nikephoros Xiphias"
slug: "nikephoros-xiphias"
description: "Nikephoros Xiphias was a Byzantine military commander during the reign of Emperor Basil II. He played a distinguished role in the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria, and was instrumental in the decisive Byzantine victory at the Battle of Kleidion in 1014. In 1022 he led an unsuccessful rebellion against Basil II, and was disgraced, tonsured and exiled. He is last mentioned in 1028, when he was recalled from exile and retired to a monastery."
tagline: "Byzantine military commander"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           42.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.47811466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Никифор Ксіфій"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9A%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Никифор Ксифий"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Xiphias"
    title: "Nikephoros Xiphias"
    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%9E%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Νικηφόρος Ξιφίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Xiphias"
    title: "Nikephoros Xiphias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9foro_Xifias"
    title: "Nicéforo Xifias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Xiphias"
    title: "Nicéphore Xiphias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niceforo_Xifias"
    title: "Niceforo Xifias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9foro_X%C3%ADfias"
    title: "Nicéforo Xífias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9A%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Никифор Ксифий"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%9B%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9A%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0"
    title: "Нићифор Ксифија"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikiforos_Ksifias"
    title: "Nikiforos Ksifias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2029043"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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