Person:Nikeforos Fokas (2)

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Nikephoros "the Elder" Phokas
b.Abt 830
d.Abt 896
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  1. Nikephoros "the Elder" PhokasAbt 830 - Abt 896
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  • H.  Nikephoros "the Elder" PhokasAbt 830 - Abt 896
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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] Nikephoros "the Elder" Phokas
Alt Name[1] Nikeforos _____
Alt Name[3] Nikephoras _____
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 830 House of Phokas
Marriage to Unknown
Occupation[3] From abt 886 to 894 domestikos ton scholon
Death[2] Abt 896
Reference Number[1] Q211668 (Wikidata)
Title (nobility)[3] patrikios


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Nikephoros Phokas (; died 895/6 or ), usually surnamed the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson, Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, was one of the most prominent Byzantine generals of the late 9th century, and the first important member of the Phokas family. As a youth he was taken into the personal retinue of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian, rising quickly to the posts of protostrator and then governor of Charsianon, whence he fought with success against the Arabs. In he led a major expedition in southern Italy, where his victories laid the foundation for the Byzantine resurgence in the peninsula. After his return, he was raised to the post of Domestic of the Schools, in effect commander-in-chief of the army, which he led with success against the Arabs in the east and the Bulgarians of Tsar Simeon in the Balkans. He died either in 895/6 or, less likely, sometime . Contemporaries and later historians lauded him for his military ability and character. Both of his sons later succeeded him as Domestics of the Schools. His grandsons Nikephoros and Leo were likewise distinguished generals, while the former became emperor in 963–969, spearheading the recovery of several lost provinces from the Arabs.

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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 Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Stankovic Vlada, "Nikephoros Phokas (the Old)", in Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World
    2003.
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