For other people with this name, see Dukas (disambiguation).
Doukas
Δούκας
Doukid dynasty
Imperial dynasty
Country
Byzantine Empire
Founded
10th century, 1059 (as imperial dynasty)
Founder
Andronikos Doukas (first known) Constantine X Doukas (first emperor)
Final ruler
Nikephoros III Botaneiates
Titles
Byzantine Emperor
Connected families
Komnenodoukas
Deposition
1081
Coat of arms of the House of Doukas
The House of Doukas (pl. Doukai; Greek: Δούκας, pl. Δούκαι, feminine form Doukaina; Δούκαινα), Latinized as Ducas,[a][b] was a Byzantine Greek noble family, whose branches provided several notable generals and rulers to the Byzantine Empire in the 9th–11th centuries. A maternally-descended line, the Komnenodoukai, founded the Despotate of Epirus in the 13th century, with another branch ruling over Thessaly.
The continuity of descent amongst the various branches of the original, middle Byzantine family is not clear, and historians generally recognize several distinct groups of Doukai based on their occurrence in the contemporary sources. Polemis, who compiled the only overview work on the bearers of the Doukas name, in view of this lack of genealogical continuity "it would be a mistake to view the groups of people designated by the cognomen of Doukas as forming one large family".[1]
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Constantine X Doukas or Ducas (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δούκας, Kōnstantinos X Doukas, c. 1006 – 23 May 1067), was Byzantine emperor from 1059 to 1067. He was...
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Michael VII Doukas or Ducas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Δούκας, romanized: Mikhaḗl Doúkas), nicknamed Parapinakes (Greek: Παραπινάκης, lit. "minus a quarter", with...
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Andronikos Doukas (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Δούκας), Latinized as Andronicus Ducas, may refer to: Andronikos Doukas (general under Leo VI) (died c. 910) Andronikos...
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