Bardanes Tourkos
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Gender | Male |
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Children | Thekla |
Grandchildren | Theophilos |
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ID | 3891627 |
Bardanes Tourkos Life story
Bardanes, nicknamed Tourkos, "the Turk", was a Byzantine general who launched an unsuccessful rebellion against Emperor Nikephoros I in 803. Although a major supporter of Byzantine empress Irene of Athens, soon after her overthrow he was appointed by Nikephoros as commander-in-chief of the Anatolian armies.