17 November 1104 (aged 58–59) near Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire
Wife
Eudokia Komnene
Issue
John Komnenos
Nikephoros Melissenos (Greek: Νικηφόρος Μελισσηνός, c. 1045 – 17 November 1104), Latinized as Nicephorus Melissenus, was a Byzantine general and aristocrat. Of distinguished lineage, he served as a governor and general in the Balkans and Asia Minor in the 1060s. In the turbulent period after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, when several generals tried to seize the throne for themselves, Melissenos remained loyal to Michael VII Doukas and was exiled by his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates. In 1080–1081, with Turkish aid, he seized control of what remained of Byzantine Asia Minor and proclaimed himself emperor against Botaneiates. After the revolt of his brother-in-law Alexios I Komnenos, however, which succeeded in taking Constantinople, he submitted to him, accepting the rank of Caesar and the governance of Thessalonica. He remained loyal to Alexios thereafter, participating in most Byzantine campaigns of the period 1081–1095 in the Balkans at the emperor's side. He died on 17 November 1104.
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NikephorosMelissenos (Greek: Νικηφόρος Μελισσηνός, c. 1045 – 17 November 1104), Latinized as Nicephorus Melissenus, was a Byzantine general and aristocrat...
high opinion of Nikephoros was likely shaped by Nikephoros raising him to the rank of vestes, and by his benefiting from Nikephoros's patronage. Much...
aristocracy. It may refer to: Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802–811 Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963–969 Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Byzantine...
magistros Léon Melissenos et le patrice Theodorakan". Byzantinoslavica (in French). 8: 183–187. Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Melissenos". In Kazhdan, Alexander...
and dates the bull as authentic to 1314. Makarios Melissenos died at Naples in 1585. ODB, "Melissenos, Makarios" (E. M. Jeffreys, A. Kazhdan), pp. 1335–1336...
Minor. Alexios was ordered to march against his brother-in-law NikephorosMelissenos in Asia Minor but refused to fight his kinsman.[citation needed]...
was in the wake of such a rebellion, that of NikephorosMelissenos, that it fell into the hands of Melissenos' Turkish allies in 1081. The Seljuk Turks made...
son Nikephoros to marry his niece Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene in 1265. Michael considered Epirus a vassal state, although Michael II and Nikephoros continued...
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the island by the Arabs, and was led by the general and future emperor Nikephoros Phokas. It lasted from autumn 960 until spring 961, when the main Muslim...
captured shortly after, at the latest by the time of the rebellion of NikephorosMelissenos in 1081. In 1101, when the Crusade under Raymond IV of Toulouse...
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daughter Maria married Michael Taronites, while Eudokia married NikephorosMelissenos. Anna also allied herself closely with Eudokia Makrembolitissa's...
to have acquired some importance in the 11th and 12th centuries: NikephorosMelissenos began his uprising here, and in the middle of the 12th century,...
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that in 1091 Emperor Alexios ordered NikephorosMelissenos to raise an army against invading Pechenegs. Melissenos recruited, among others, Bulgarians...
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monastery. Nikephoros (776) – Leo IV's half–brother, he attempted to usurp the throne, but was stripped of his rank when it was uncovered. Nikephoros (780 and...
the use of guile to defeat the Normans. A day later, the generals NikephorosMelissenos and Basil Kourtikios approached Larissa from the east while bearing...
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generals such as Michael Bourtzes, NikephorosMelissenos, and possibly also the future Byzantine emperors Nikephoros Botaneiates and Romanos Diogenes,...
(b. 893) 935 – Wang Yanjun, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms) 1104 – NikephorosMelissenos, Byzantine general (b. 1045) 1188 – Usama ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler...
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Doukas. 1078: Revolt of Nikephoros Basilakes against Nikephoros III. 1080–1081: Revolt of NikephorosMelissenos against Nikephoros III. 1081: Revolt and...
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just north of Athens. Crete was reconquered in 961 from the Arabs, by Nikephoros II Phokas after the Siege of Chandax. In the late 10th century, the greatest...
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