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216:. Leo, who was still attached to his servant, enjoined Constantine to maintain that Samonas had in fact been making a pilgrimage to the shrine of Siricha, and not the Arab frontier. When the senators however asked Constantine to verify the truth of this claim by swearing on "God and the emperor's head", he refused to hide the truth. Samonas was punished by house arrest, and although he was pardoned by Leo after only four months and restored to his offices, he had conceived a deep enmity towards the Doukai.
347:, a source hostile to Patriarch Nicholas, reports that the Patriarch was also involved, although the other Byzantine sources include this as a widespread rumour rather than a fact. According to these sources, unaware that he would be appointed regent (Alexander named him to the regency council on his deathbed), fearful of losing his pre-eminent position, and anxious about the military threat posed by the
263:, Leo warned the young man from trying to become emperor, but this is probably a later interpolation in view of Constantine Doukas' eventual fate. In reality, Leo seems to have trusted him, for he showered him with gifts and appointed him to senior military positions: initially he was named—apparently in succession to
259:. The date of his return to Byzantium is unclear, but must be placed between ca. 908 and ca. 911. Despite his father's revolt, the Doukai remained very popular due to their military successes, and prophecies apparently circulated that predicted Constantine's rise to the throne. As a result, according to
424:
on the other hand reports a slightly different version, according to which the summons to Doukas were undertaken by the entire regency council, which proposed to Doukas to assume the governance of the state while
Constantine VII would be limited to his ceremonial duties. According to this source, the
411:, a member of the regency council. A clash followed, in which many were killed, including Constantine's son Gregory, his nephew Michael and his friend Kourtikes. Disheartened, Constantine turned and tried to flee, but his horse slipped and fell. Constantine was killed by an arrow; according to the
431:
to persuade him otherwise. By the time he entered
Constantinople, however, the regents had changed their minds and barricaded the palace against him. After his proclamation at the Hippodrome, Doukas resolved to besiege the palace, but finally tried to enter through the Chalke, while ordering his
338:. Thus, at the death of Alexander (6 June 913), with Constantine VII not even eight years old, a power struggle ensued between Zoe and Patriarch Nicholas, who headed the regency council. It was at this point that Constantine Doukas launched a rebellion aiming for the throne. The
255:), who had Andronikos confined to house arrest and forced to convert to Islam along with those who had followed him. He died there in ca. 910. Constantine however managed to escape Baghdad, and was warmly welcomed back by Leo in a ceremony in the throne room of the
231:
This grudge came to the fore in 906, when
Samonas tricked Andronikos into refusing to participate in an imperial expedition. Afraid that he would be punished for his disobedience, Andronikos with his family and retainers fled to the fortress of Kabala, near
358:
Doukas, enjoying wide support among both the aristocrats and the populace, accepted the summons and headed to
Constantinople with a few trusted friends. Barely three days after Alexander's death, he entered the capital in secret during the night through a
470:. Along with the deaths of Constantine's son and nephew, this meant the extinction of this branch of the Doukas family: the relation of the later bearers of the Doukas name with Andronikos and Constantine is unclear.
244:, the Abbasid capital. Leo sent a secret message to the Doukai, offering a full pardon if they returned, but again through the machinations of Samonas, the letter fell into the hands of Caliph
486:
assumed his identity and led a peasant revolt, while among the aristocracy he was glorified as a hero. Elements of
Constantine's life eventually found their way into the epic poem
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432:
followers not to draw their swords so as to avoid bloodshed. There he was ambushed by archers placed by the regents, and killed along with a number of his followers.
380:, joined along the way by a great multitude of people. Constantine was duly proclaimed emperor before the people at the Hippodrome, and headed in triumph towards the
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Despite his failure at seizing the throne, Constantine Doukas' popularity meant that his memory was preserved both among the people and the aristocracy of
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Constantine Doukas escapes from Arab captivity, throwing gold coins behind him to delay his pursuers. Miniature from the
355:, which required a more experienced hand at the helm of the state, the Patriarch summoned Doukas to assume the throne.
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376:. Already before dawn on the following morning, Constantine and his supporters, bearing torches, marched to the
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and confined to monasteries, while many of the common folk were affixed to stakes on the eastern shore of the
142:, Constantine with the support of several aristocrats unsuccessfully tried to usurp the throne from the young
305:
139:
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576:
574:
572:
377:
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993:
973:
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335:
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277:
292:
30:
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proposal met with refusal from Doukas, and the regents had to send a second letter with their own
415:
cursing the
Patriarch Nicholas as he died. His head was cut off and presented to Constantine VII.
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281:
159:
80:
284:(commander-in-chief of the army). From both positions he fought victoriously against the Arabs.
988:
373:
348:
260:
483:
420:
204:. Constantine captured Samonas at the Monastery of the Holy Cross at Siricha, near the river
192:
family. Constantine first appears in the sources in 904, during the attempted flight of the
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8:
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330:), were sidelined during the reign of Alexander, who also restored Zoe's old adversary,
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to favour and entrusted with high military offices. Upon the death of the
Emperor
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315:), who reigned for little over a year before dying in June 913. Leo's empress,
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388:. After crossing the iron gate of the Chalke, however, at the hall of the
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Constantine Doukas' wife was shorn and exiled to her husband's estate in
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and exiled, while others—including those who had sought sanctuary in the
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381:
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205:
227:, showing Leo admonishing Constantine not to attempt to usurp the throne
122:
from defecting to the Arabs. In return, Samonas manipulated his father,
479:
467:
389:
274:
245:
146:, but was killed in a clash with supporters of the legitimate emperor.
134:, but soon escaped and returned to Byzantium, where he was restored by
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115:
35:
Emperor Leo calls
Constantine Doukas (middle) as a witness, from the
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general. In 904, he stopped the influential eunuch court official
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367:, where he was soon joined by high-ranking courtiers such as the
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241:
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131:
127:
119:
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The coronation of the young Constantine VII. Miniature from the
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on the sea walls, and hid in the house of his father-in-law,
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730:
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585:, "Doukas, Constantine" (A. Kazhdan, A. Cutler), p. 657.
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Numerous supporters of the usurper—800 according to the
304:
Leo VI died in May 912 and was succeeded by his brother
615:
518:
516:
212:, where an enquiry into the matter was held before the
687:
663:
867:
The Doukai: A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography
718:
706:
651:
600:
513:
130:court in 906/7. Constantine followed his father to
910:The Reign of Leo VI (886–912): Politics and People
636:, "Alexander" (A. Kazhdan, A. Cutler), pp. 56–57.
236:, and thence across the border into exile in the
1009:Prisoners and detainees of the Abbasid Caliphate
965:
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831:Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World – Asia Minor
200:, one of the emperor's most trusted aides, to
859:(in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.
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748:
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392:, he was opposed by the soldiers of the
280:, but by 913 he had risen to the post of
240:. Constantine and his father ended up in
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188:) and the first prominent member of the
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319:, and his son and titular co-emperor,
177:, a prominent general under Emperor
126:, into rebelling and fleeing to the
13:
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443:—were harshly punished; some were
173:Constantine Doukas was the son of
14:
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849:
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466:and his younger son Stephen was
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582:
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398:guard and armed oarsmen of the
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310:
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864:Polemis, Demetrios I. (1968).
566:, Konstantinos Dukas (#23817).
439:, over 3,000 according to the
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984:10th-century Byzantine people
870:. London: The Athlone Press.
495:
537:, pp. 208–210, 214–215.
114:; died 913) was a prominent
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336:Patriarch of Constantinople
208:, and escorted him back to
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441:Life of Basil the Younger
421:Life of Basil the Younger
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28:
21:
1014:Domestics of the Schools
112:Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας/Δούξ
944:Domestic of the Schools
907:Tougher, Shaun (1997).
780:Garland, Lynda (1999).
282:Domestic of the Schools
149:
81:Domestic of the Schools
1004:Deaths by arrow wounds
374:Constantine Helladikos
301:
261:Theophanes Continuatus
228:
170:
851:Lilie, Ralph-Johannes
484:Basil the Copper Hand
295:
222:
162:
155:Early life and career
954:Leo Phokas the Elder
767:, pp. 7, 24–25.
288:Attempted usurpation
938:Gregoras Iberitzes
648:, pp. 117–118.
597:, pp. 209–210.
402:, assembled by the
223:Miniature from the
999:Byzantine usurpers
994:Byzantine generals
974:9th-century births
935:Title last held by
802:Kazhdan, Alexander
365:Gregoras Iberitzes
302:
265:Eustathios Argyros
229:
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100:Constantine Doukas
23:Constantine Doukas
960:
959:
951:Succeeded by
739:, pp. 2, 25.
684:, pp. 23–24.
624:, pp. 21–23.
437:Life of Euthymius
413:Life of Euthymius
341:Life of Euthymius
332:Nicholas Mystikos
238:Abbasid Caliphate
175:Andronikos Doukas
124:Andronikos Doukas
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489:Digenes Akrites
482:: in the 930s,
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386:imperial palace
324:
321:Constantine VII
309:
290:
257:Chrysotriklinos
249:
182:
179:Leo VI the Wise
157:
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144:Constantine VII
136:Leo VI the Wise
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40:
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672:, p. 119.
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612:, p. 210.
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512:
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400:imperial fleet
328: 913–959
313: 912–913
289:
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253: 902–908
210:Constantinople
186: 886–912
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786:. Routledge.
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727:, p. 25.
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703:, p. 50.
702:
701:Runciman 1988
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835:the original
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464:Paphlagonia
409:John Eladas
382:Chalke Gate
345:hagiography
979:913 deaths
968:Categories
496:References
480:Asia Minor
390:Exkoubitoi
378:Hippodrome
275:Charsianon
246:al-Muktafi
67:Allegiance
48:9 June 913
913:. BRILL.
886:(1988) .
876:299868377
841:25 August
753:Chapter 3
468:castrated
405:magistros
395:Hetaireia
370:patrikios
349:Bulgarian
306:Alexander
300:chronicle
270:strategos
169:chronicle
140:Alexander
116:Byzantine
87:Relations
457:Bosporus
453:tonsured
428:enkolpia
93:(father)
56:Istanbul
932:Unknown
774:Sources
445:blinded
384:of the
361:postern
273:of the
242:Baghdad
234:Iconium
198:Samonas
132:Baghdad
128:Abbasid
120:Samonas
948:?–913
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874:
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474:Legacy
451:—were
353:Simeon
214:Senate
190:Doukas
60:Turkey
351:Tsar
334:, as
278:theme
206:Halys
202:Syria
108:Greek
915:ISBN
894:ISBN
872:OCLC
843:2009
812:ISBN
788:ISBN
564:PmbZ
418:The
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