Romanos IV Diogenes was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. He set out to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the empire, but he is remembered above all for his defeat and capture in 1071 at the Battle of Manzikert, a disaster that played a major role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and opened the way to its gradual Turkification.
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Birth Yearsource gives an approximate year, circa 1030 Birthplacesource establishes Cappadocian family origin, not a specific birth town Role
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Romanos IV married Constantine X's widow Eudokia and became emperor in 1068.
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After the defeat and capture at Manzikert, Michael VII, Constantine X's son, was restored as sole emperor in 1071.
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Romanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ῥωμανός Διογένης, romanized: Rōmanos Diogenēs; c. 1030 - 4 August 1072) was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071.
Accession section
Romanos Diogenes was the son of Constantine Diogenes and a member of a prominent and powerful Byzantine Greek family from Cappadocia, the Diogenai.
Betrayal section
He was then sent into exile to Prote in the Sea of Marmara. Without medical assistance, his wound became infected, and he soon endured a painfully lingering death.
Romanos IV Diogenes: Gender
Determined to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the empire, he is nevertheless best known for his defeat and capture in 1071 at the Battle of Manzikert, which played a major role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and allowed for its gradual Turkification.
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