Leo Tornikios (Greek: Λέων Τορνίκιος) was a mid-11th century Byzantine general and noble. In 1047, he rebelled against his cousin, the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine IX Monomachos (r. 1042–1055). He raised an army in Thrace and marched on the capital, Constantinople, which he besieged. After two failed assaults he withdrew, his army deserted him and he was captured. At Christmas 1047, he was blinded and no more is known of him.
more is known of him. LeoTornikios was born in Adrianople, the scion of the noted noble Armenian or Georgian family of Tornikios. His contemporary, Michael...
either indecisive (William of Apulia) or a victory for Melus (Leo of Ostia). Tornikios then took command himself and led them into a second encounter...
Leo Passianos (died 22 June 1017) was the Byzantine general sent by the Catapan of Italy LeoTornikios Kontoleon to fight the Lombard rebel Melus of Bari...
Armenian word t'orn "grandson", was rendered in Greek as Tornikios or Tornikes. Nikolaos and Leon Tornikios, probably brothers, were among the supporters of Constantine...
John Kourkouas 1010–1016 Basil Mesardonites May 1017 – December 1017 LeoTornikios Kontoleon December 1017 – 1027 Basil Boioannes c. 1027–1029 Christophoros...
rebellion of his nephew LeoTornikios, who gathered supporters in Adrianople and was proclaimed emperor by the army. Tornikios was forced to retreat, failed...
professional troops had been diverted to the Balkans to face the revolt of LeoTornikios. As a result, the Byzantine commanders, Aaron and Katakalon Kekaumenos...
March, Basil disembarked with reinforcements from Constantinople and LeoTornikios Kontoleon, the strategos of Cephalonia. Basil immediately besieged the...
when Maniakes died in battle in near Thessalonika. 1047: Revolt of LeoTornikios against Constantine IX. 1057: Revolt of Hervé Frankopoulos. 1057: Revolt...
Constantinople. Basil died in 1016, after years of peace in southern Italy. LeoTornikios Kontoleon arrived as Basil's successor in May of that year. After Basil's...
p. 90. ISBN 9780670020980. Gregory, Timothy E.; Cutler, Anthony (1991). "Leo I". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford...
Ascoli and Troina. In March 1011, the catepan Basil Mesardonites and LeoTornikios Kontoleon, the strategos of Cephalonia, disembarked with reinforcements...
in Apulia. Winter – Emperor Basil II ("the Bulgar Slayer") replaces LeoTornikios with the new catapan Basil Boioannes and sends him reinforcements (including...
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Komnenos (emperor in 1057–1059) when he was stratopedarches of the East, LeoTornikios and Nikephoros Botaneiates (emperor in 1078–1081) during his tenure...
Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (r. 1042–1055), joined the revolt of LeoTornikios. The family became prominent in the 12th century, when several members...
Shirimni/ Battle of Palakazio 1021 Battle of Sasireti 1042 The revolt of LeoTornikios 1047 1047 Siege of Constantinople 1047 Byzantine–Seljuq wars 1048 1308...
practice was revived, were the 11th-century rebels Peter Delyan and LeoTornikios. The emperor, dressed in the skaramangion tunic and the sagion cloak...
full calendar) of the Julian calendar. September 25–28 – Rebel general LeoTornikios (a nephew of Emperor Constantine IX) proclaims himself emperor at Adrianople...
Pergamenos (1043) – the sebastophoros, he rebelled in Byzantine Armenia. LeoTornikios (1047) – Constantine IX's nephew and the strategos of Iberia, he proclaimed...
(Germany) is largely destroyed by fire. September 25–28 – Rebel general LeoTornikios (a nephew of Emperor Constantine IX) proclaims himself emperor at Adrianople...
in Apulia. Winter – Emperor Basil II ("the Bulgar Slayer") replaces LeoTornikios with the new catapan Basil Boioannes and sends him reinforcements (including...
several initial setbacks, and with the assistance of a Georgian army led by Tornikios, Phokas eventually suppressed the revolt, gaining victory in single combat...
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