Editing List of Byzantine emperors (section)

== Doukas dynasty (1059–1078) ==
{{Main|Doukas|Byzantine Empire under the Doukas dynasty}}
{{Legend|#F0FFFF|(§) – Varying ascribed status{{Efn|Some historians regard Eudokia as an empress regnant, while others consider her as a regent.}}}}

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| [[File:Constantine X portrait.jpg|100px|alt=miniature portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Constantine X Doukas|'''Constantine X''' Doukas]]<br/>{{Small|Κωνσταντῖνος Δούκας}}
| 23 November 1059 – 23 May 1067<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1059|11|23|1067|5|23}})}}
| Born in 1006, he became a general and close ally of Isaac Komnenos, and succeeded him as emperor on his abdication. Named his sons [[Michael VII Doukas|Michael]], [[Andronikos Doukas (co-emperor)|Andronikos]] and [[Konstantios Doukas|Konstantios]] as co-emperors. After his death [[Eudokia Makrembolitissa|his widow]] was regent until the accession of Romanus IV.

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| style="background:#F0FFFF" | [[File:Eudokia Makrembolitissa portrait.png|100px|alt=miniature portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFFF" | [[Eudokia Makrembolitissa|'''Eudokia''' Makrembolitissa]]<br/>{{Small|Εὐδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα}} (§)
| style="background:#F0FFFF" | 23 May – 31 December 1067<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1067|5|23|1067|12|31}})}}
| Widow of Constantine X; ruler in her own right on behalf of their sons until her marriage to Romanos IV. She briefly resumed her regency in September 1071, became a nun in November 1071 and later died of natural causes{{Sfnm|1a1=ODB|2a1=Treadgold|2y=1997|2p=608|1pp=739–740|3a1=Grierson|3y=1973|3pp=779–780}}

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| [[File:Romanus IV coin crop.png|100px|alt=coin]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Romanos IV Diogenes|'''Romanos IV''' Diogenes]]<br/>{{Small|Ῥωμανὸς Διογένης}}
| 1 January 1068 – 26 August 1071<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1068|1|1|1071|08|26}})<hr/>''with'' [[Leo Diogenes|'''Leo''']] and [[Nikephoros Diogenes|'''Nikephoros''' Diogenes]] ({{Circa}} 1070–71)}}{{Efn|name=co-emperor}}{{Efn|Unattested in coinage; Leo is only called emperor in a singular letter, while his brother's status can only be deduced from the fact that he was [[born in the purple]] and that he also used the "imperial tokens".{{Sfn|PmbZ|loc=[https://pbw2016.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/person/156691/ Leon 15005.]}}}}
| Born in 1032, a successful general he married empress-dowager [[Eudokia Makrembolitissa]] and became senior emperor as guardian of her sons by Constantine X. Deposed by the Doukas partisans after the [[Battle of Manzikert]], [[Blinding (punishment)|blinded]] in June 1072 and exiled. He died soon after.

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| [[File:Michael VII Doukas on the Holy Crown (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=portrait from the Holy Crown of Hungary]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Michael VII Doukas|'''Michael VII''' Doukas]] "Parapinakes"<br/>{{Small|Μιχαὴλ Δούκας}}
| 1 October 1071 – 24/31 March 1078<br/>{{Small|(6 years, 5 months and 23/30 days)<hr/>''with'' '''[[Konstantios Doukas|Konstantios]]''' (1060–1078), [[Andronikos Doukas (co-emperor)|'''Andronikos''']] (1068–1070s) and [[Constantine Doukas (co-emperor)|'''Constantine''' Doukas]] (1074–78; 1st time)}}{{Efn|name=co-emperor}}
| Born in 1050 as the eldest son of Constantine X. Co-emperor since 1059, he succeeded on his father's death. Due to his minority he was under the regency of his mother, [[Eudokia Makrembolitissa]], in 1067–1068, and relegated to junior emperor under her second husband Romanos IV Diogenes in 1068–71. Senior emperor in 1071–78, he named his son [[Constantine Doukas (co-emperor)|Constantine]] co-emperor alongside his brothers. He abdicated before the revolt of Nikephoros Botaneiates, retired to a monastery and died {{Circa|1090}}. His reign saw the devaluation of the Byzantine currency by 25%, hence his nickname "minus-a-quarter".

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| [[File:Nikephoros III (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=miniature portrait]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center; background:#F8F9FA" | [[Nikephoros III Botaneiates|'''Nikephoros III''' Botaneiates]]<br/>{{Small|Νικηφόρος Βοτανειάτης}}
| 3 April 1078 – 1 April 1081<br/>{{Small|({{Age in years, months and days|1078|4|3|1081|4|1}})}}<!-- The chronology of Nikephoros III's rise is confusing and often contradictory; 3 April is the date shown in the ODB and thus the one usually used. -->
| Born in 1001, he was the ''[[strategos]]'' of the [[Anatolic Theme]]. He was proclaimed emperor on 7 January and crowned on 27 March or 3 April. He weathered several revolts, but was overthrown by the [[Komnenos]] clan. He retired to a monastery where he died in the same year.

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