Doukas dynasty

E375086

Byzantine imperial dynasty medieval noble family

The Doukas dynasty was a Byzantine imperial family that ruled the Eastern Roman Empire in the 11th century, noted for its role in the empire’s political and military decline before the Komnenian restoration.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Doukas dynasty canonical	3
Doukas family	3
Doukas	2
Doukas family faction	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine imperial dynasty ⓘ medieval noble family ⓘ
alliedWith	Komnenos family through the marriage of Irene Doukaina to Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Manzikert ⓘ
associatedWithRuler	Romanos IV Diogenes ⓘ
coatOfArms	various later heraldic representations in Byzantine and post-Byzantine tradition ⓘ
contributedTo	weakening of Byzantine control in Anatolia ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dynasticFounder	Andronikos Doukas (9th–10th century general, traditional progenitor) ⓘ
endOfDirectImperialReign	1078 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greeks ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Greeks
followedBy	Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
governedFrom	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
hasMember	Andronikos Doukas ⓘ Andronikos Doukas ⓘ surface form: Caesar John Doukas Constantine X Doukas ⓘ Eudokia Makrembolitissa ⓘ Irene Doukaina ⓘ John Doukas ⓘ Michael VII Doukas ⓘ Nikephoros III Botaneiates ⓘ surface form: Nikephoros III Botaneiates (by marriage and association) Theodora Doukaina ⓘ
heldTitle	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ surface form: Basileus of the Romans Caesar ⓘ
historicalReputation	associated with fiscal mismanagement ⓘ criticized by some Byzantine chroniclers for military weakness ⓘ
influenced	succession politics of the late 11th-century Byzantine Empire ⓘ
language	Medieval Greek ⓘ
legacy	continued as a noble family after loss of the imperial throne ⓘ name used by later Byzantine and post-Byzantine aristocratic lineages ⓘ
lostPower	after the deposition of Michael VII Doukas ⓘ
notableFor	military decline of the Byzantine Empire before the Komnenian restoration ⓘ political instability in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ rule of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-11th century ⓘ
opposedBy	military aristocracy of Anatolia ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine aristocracy ⓘ
politicalOrientation	civilian and bureaucratic aristocracy ⓘ
precededBy	Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
producedConsort	Eudokia Makrembolitissa ⓘ surface form: Eudokia Makrembolitissa, empress consort and regent Irene Doukaina ⓘ surface form: Irene Doukaina, empress consort of Alexios I Komnenos
regency	Eudokia Makrembolitissa served as regent for her sons of the Doukas line ⓘ
relatedByMarriageTo	Diogenes family ⓘ Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
roseToPower	with the accession of Constantine X Doukas in 1059 ⓘ
startOfReign	1059 ⓘ
timePeriod	11th century ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Komnenos dynasty → precededBy → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

Fall of Thessalonica (1430) → describedBySource → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doukas

Doukid dynasty → alsoKnownAs → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

Byzantine–Serbian wars → involvedDynasty → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

Irene Doukaina → family → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doukas family

Irene Doukaina → courtFaction → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doukas family faction

Irene Doukaina → associatedWith → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doukas family

Andronikos Doukas → memberOf → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doukas family

Andronikos Doukas → nobleFamily → Doukas dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doukas