Research Notes:

Theophanes Continuatus names "Barda et Leonis" as children of "Nicephorus…dux in Thracesiorum themate". Theophanes Continuatus names "Bardas Phokas" during the account of the war with Bulgaria (in 918). Cedrenus records that, after his restoration (944), Emperor Konstantinos VII appointed "Bardum Phocam" to "magistri honore" and "domesticum scholarum Orientis". Theophanes Continuatus records that "Constantinus… Romani gener" invested "Bardam Phocæ filium" with "magistri dignitate" and as "scholarum domesticum", dated to the year of his restoration (944). Zonaras records that "Nicephori pater Phocas Bardas" sought refuge "in Magnam Dei ecclesie", during the build-up to his son's taking over as emperor from the context. Zonaras records that Emperor Nikeforos installed "Bardas…pater" as cæsar.

Married ---, sister of Mikhail Maleinos, daughter of ---. Her marriage and family origin are confirmed by Cedrenus who names "Michaele monacho Maleino" as "avunculo" of Emperor Nikeforos Fokas. ¹