Person:Leon Fokas (1)
Leo Phokas "the Elder" _____
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  1. Leo Phokas "the Elder" _____ - Aft 918
  2. Bardas "the Elder" PhokasAbt 878 - Abt 968
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Name[2] Leo Phokas "the Elder" _____
Alt Name[1] Leon Fokas _____
Gender Male
Birth[2] House of Phokas
Death[1] Aft 918
Reference Number[2] Q1281522?


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Leo Phokas was an early 10th-century Byzantine general of the noble Phokas clan. As Domestic of the Schools, the Byzantine army's commander-in-chief, he led a large-scale campaign against the Bulgarians in 917, but was heavily defeated at the battles of Acheloos and Katasyrtai. He then plotted to seize the throne from the young Byzantine emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959), but was outmaneuvered by the admiral Romanos Lekapenos, who managed to become guardian and later father-in-law of the Emperor. After Lekapenos seized control of the Byzantine Empire, Leo led an unsuccessful revolt, and was captured and blinded.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 8. EMPEROR 963-969 (FOKAS), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Leo Phokas the Elder, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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