Nikeforos FOKAS, Byzantine General
(-By 895)

 

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Unknown

Nikeforos FOKAS, Byzantine General

  • Married:
  • Died: Between 885 and 895

  Orthographic variation: Nicephoros / Nicephorus PHOKAS / PHOCAS

  Research Notes:

The Vita Basilii names "Nicephorus Phocas". Cedrenus records that "Nicephorus, Nicephori imperatoris avus" campaigned in Sicily and for a brief time expelled "Saracenos" from Italy. Theophanes Continuatus records that "Nicephorus" was reinstalled as "dux in Thracesiorum themate" after a long absence but died soon after, during the reign of Emperor Leon VI.

The name of the wife of Nikeforos Fokas is not known. 1

  Marriage Information:

Nikeforos married . . . . . . .

Sources

1 Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands: Emperor 963-969 (Fokas).

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