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<p>[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 8352833, member: 115171"]Romanus IV was the loser, to Alp Arslan, of the battle of Manzikert. He was a previously a successful general. Eudokia Makembolitissa was the widow of the prior emperor Constantine X, who died in May, 1067. She promoted Romanus to the throne and married him on New Year’s Day 1068, at least in part hoping that he would be an effective counter to the Seljuk’s advances in Asia Minor. [ATTACH=full]1482254[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is the Imperial couple blessed by Christ. Eudokia seems to have been a bit of a babe, if we can trust Wikipedia. [ATTACH=full]1482259[/ATTACH]</p><p>Romanus lost at Manzikert chiefly on account of perfidy on the part of some of his mercenary troops, and flat out treachery on the part of the General commanding the rearguard of the army, Andronikos son of John Doukas. The fratricidal struggles of the the Byzantine elite probably were a major contribution to the decline of the empire, and the success of the Seljuks in Asia Minor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 8352833, member: 115171"]Romanus IV was the loser, to Alp Arslan, of the battle of Manzikert. He was a previously a successful general. Eudokia Makembolitissa was the widow of the prior emperor Constantine X, who died in May, 1067. She promoted Romanus to the throne and married him on New Year’s Day 1068, at least in part hoping that he would be an effective counter to the Seljuk’s advances in Asia Minor. [ATTACH=full]1482254[/ATTACH] Here is the Imperial couple blessed by Christ. Eudokia seems to have been a bit of a babe, if we can trust Wikipedia. [ATTACH=full]1482259[/ATTACH] Romanus lost at Manzikert chiefly on account of perfidy on the part of some of his mercenary troops, and flat out treachery on the part of the General commanding the rearguard of the army, Andronikos son of John Doukas. The fratricidal struggles of the the Byzantine elite probably were a major contribution to the decline of the empire, and the success of the Seljuks in Asia Minor.[/QUOTE]
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