Taronites (Greek: Ταρωνίτης), feminine form Taronitissa (Ταρωνίτισσα), was the name of a noble Byzantine family, descended from the ruling family of the Armenian principality of Taron. In Georgian it is rendered 'Tornikes' or ‘Tornikios’.
It was founded by the brothers Gregory and Bagrat (Pankratios in Greek), who ceded the principality to the Byzantines in 968 in exchange for estates and high dignities. The wife of Theodosios Monomachos, and mother of his son, Constantine IX, was a (Irene?) Tornikaina/Taronitissa.[1]
The family is prominent among the military aristocracy in the late 10th/early 11th centuries, and later became related to the Komnenian dynasty through the marriage of Michael Taronites to Maria, the sister of Alexios I Komnenos. In the 12th century, the Taronitai became mainly civilian bureaucrats, many occupying high posts in the central government in Constantinople. The family lost its status and influence after the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
^Mommaerts-Browne, Stanford (2006). "Monomachos, Tornikes and an Uncharted Caucasian Ancestry". Foundations. 2 (2). Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: 158–62. eISSN 1479-5086. ISSN 1479-5078. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 2, 2020, citing Psellos.
Taronites (Greek: Ταρωνίτης), feminine form Taronitissa (Ταρωνίτισσα), was the name of a noble Byzantine family, descended from the ruling family of the...
Gregory Taronites (Greek: Γρηγόριος Ταρωνίτης, romanized: Grēgorios Tarōnitēs) was an Armenian prince of Taron, who went over to Byzantine service and...
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quasi-independent governor of Trebizond and his son Gregory. Michael Taronites, the brother-in-law of Alexios. Nikephoros Diogenes, the son of emperor...
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Romanos with overt kindness. In 1005, the governor of Dyrrhachium Ashot Taronites surrendered his city to the Byzantines. The defection of Dyrrhachium completed...
sent a large army to the town and appointed a new governor, Gregorios Taronites, but he was powerless to stop the Bulgarian advance. By 989, the Bulgarian...
move onward. As this offensive continued, the Georgian loyalist Gregory Taronites landed in Trebizond. He soon began to ravage Phokas' rear with impunity...
(r. 997–1014), who defected to Byzantium along with her husband, Ashot Taronites. Empress Maria, wife of Emperor Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria (r. 1015–1018)...
Konstantinos Radenos, protospatharios; left issue Sophia; she married Pankratios Taronites, patrikios; left issue unnamed daughter, who died after 961; she married...
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date) Ari Thorgilsson, Icelandic chronicler and writer (d. 1148) John Taronites, Byzantine governor (approximate date) January 25 – Ying Zong, Chinese...
woman later known as Maria, a Taronitissa, possibly daughter of John Taronites, pansebastos sebastos. The couple had at least two children: Maria (c...
'new men' were raised to prominence by John II, these included Gregory Taronites who was appointed protovestiarios, Manuel Anemas and Theodore Vatatzes...
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1000 CE) was a Bulgarian-Byzantine noblewoman. She was the wife of Ashot Taronites, and daughter of tsar Samuil of Bulgaria and Agatha. According to the...
1038–39: Rebellion of Serbs under Stefan Vojislav. 1040: Revolt of Gregory Taronites in Phrygia. 1040–1041: Uprising of Peter Delyan, a Bulgarian rebellion...
aristocratic families closely allied to the imperial family. Michael Taronites, Alexios I's brother-in-law, was first awarded this title and regarded...
being sent to Thessalonica as doux in c. 995, in succession to Gregory Taronites, who had been killed in a Bulgarian ambush. Alternatively, he may have...
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