John I Tzimiskes

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Byzantine emperor Eastern Roman emperor medieval ruler

John I Tzimiskes was a 10th-century Byzantine emperor renowned for his military campaigns that significantly expanded and secured the Eastern Roman Empire’s frontiers.

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Label Occurrences
John I Tzimiskes canonical 8
Ioannes I Tzimiskes 1
John Tzimiskes 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ
Eastern Roman emperor ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
birthDate c. 925 ⓘ
birthName John I Tzimiskes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ioannes I Tzimiskes
burialPlace Church of Christ Chalkites ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough coup d'état ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate 10 January 976 ⓘ
deathPlace Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
dynasty Macedonian dynasty ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
involvedIn assassination of Nikephoros II Phokas ⓘ
knownFor expansion of the Byzantine Empire's eastern frontiers ⓘ
military reforms ⓘ
securing the Danube frontier ⓘ
strong personal leadership in battle ⓘ
languageSpoken Medieval Greek ⓘ
militaryRank domestikos ton scholon ⓘ
nativeName Ἰωάννης Αʹ Τζιμισκής ⓘ
nobleFamily Kourkouas family ⓘ
notableWork annexation of parts of Bulgaria ⓘ
campaigns against the Bulgarians ⓘ
campaigns against the Kievan Rus' ⓘ
campaigns in Mesopotamia ⓘ
campaigns in northern Syria ⓘ
capture of Aleppo (975) ⓘ
capture of Antioch (969) ⓘ
defeat of Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
occupation emperor ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
placeOfActivity Balkans ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
positionHeld Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
surface form: Basileus of the Romans

Byzantine emperor ⓘ
predecessor Nikephoros II Phokas ⓘ
regnalName John I ⓘ
reignEnd 976 ⓘ
reignStart 969 ⓘ
relative Nikephoros II Phokas ⓘ
Romanos I Lekapenos ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Maria Skleraina ⓘ
Theodora Porphyrogenita ⓘ
successor Basil II ⓘ
Constantine VIII ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Arab–Byzantine wars → opponent → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → involvedRuler → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Basil II → predecessor → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Basil II → coEmperorWith → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Byzantine military aristocracy → gainsProminenceUnder → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Byzantine armed forces → notableCommander → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Tzimiskes
Siege of Dorostolon → commander → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Siege of Dorostolon → opponent → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
Romanos II → associatedWith → John I Tzimiskes ⓘ
John I Tzimiskes → birthName → John I Tzimiskes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ioannes I Tzimiskes