Nikephoros III Botaneiates
Byzantine emperor
- Fame54.2
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- Fame54.2
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Lived 1001–1081, aged 80
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Updated 2026-06-09
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.
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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 rei…
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