Romanos IV Diogenes

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1030–1072 Also known as Romanos IV Diogenes

A Byzantine military noble born c. 1030, he acceded in 1068 by marrying the widowed empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa, and his reign ended with the dis…

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1061–1067Eastern Asia Minor · Byzantine EmpireServing as a senior general in Asia Minor under Constantine X, he was famed for his valor, took part in military operations against the Seljuk Turks and the Armenian frontier, and built up military and political prestige.
1068–1070Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireIn early 1068 he married the widowed empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and acceded to the throne, promising to revive military strength and recover lost eastern territories. Initially he reorganized the army and planned a large-scale expedition against the Seljuk Turks.

Sources

Michael Attaleiates, The History — Michael Attaleiates
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan (ed.) (1991)