Konstantios Doukas, Latinized as Constantius Ducas, was a junior Byzantine emperor from 1060 to 1078.
14 Facts About Konstantios Doukas
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Konstantios Doukas remained as junior emperor during the reigns of Constantine, Romanos IV, and Michael VII.
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Konstantios Doukas was handed over to Nikephoros III, a usurper, following the abdication of Michael VII.
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Konstantios Doukas was sent to live in a monastery, where he stayed until recalled by Alexios I Komnenos, who made him a general.
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Konstantios Doukas was killed in 1081, in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
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Konstantios Doukas was born in 1060, the son of Emperor Constantine X Doukas and Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa.
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Konstantios Doukas was born during Constantine's reign; meaning that he was a porphyrogennetos.
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Konstantios Doukas was engaged to Anna Vsevolodovna of Kiev in 1074.
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Michael VII chose Konstantios Doukas to succeed him, as Andronikos had died a few years before this.
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Konstantios Doukas only had to contend with Nikephoros III, as Nikephoros Bryennios had been defeated by Nikephoros III at the Battle of Kalavrye, and subsequently blinded by him.
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Konstantios Doukas rapidly lost support, as it became clear he had no skill as a ruler.
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Konstantios Doukas was sent to be tonsured and live in a monastery on one of the Princes' Islands in the Propontis.
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Konstantios Doukas was recalled by Alexios I Komnenos, who succeeded Nikephoros, and who was related to Konstantios by way of his marriage to Irene Doukaina, in 1081.
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Konstantios Doukas was made a general, and sent to campaign against the Normans.