Editing List of Roman 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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! scope=col width="17%" | Name
! scope=col width="26%" | Reign
! scope=col width="25%" | Succession
! scope=col width="25%" | Life details

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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}})}}
| Designated as emperor by Isaac I Komnenos during his abdication
|{{Circa}} 1006 – 23 May 1067<br/>{{Small|(aged approx. 61)}}<hr/>Lost nearly all Italian territories to the [[Normans]]. Died of natural causes{{Sfnm|1a1=ODB|1pp=504–505|2a1=Schreiner|2pp=151–152|3a1=Grierson|3y=1973|3p=764}}

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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}})}}
| style="background:#F0FFFF" | Widow of Constantine X; either regent on behalf of their sons or co-ruler alongside them until her marriage to Romanos IV. Briefly resumed her regency in September 1071
| style="background:#F0FFFF" | c. 1030 – after 1078<hr/>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:136 - Romanos IV Diogenes (Mutinensis - color) (cropped).png|95px|alt=miniature portrait]]<br />{{Small|Non-contemporary}}
! 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 official documents; 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.]}}}}
| Husband of Eudokia. Regent and senior co-emperor together with Constantine X's and Eudokia's children
| c. 1032 – 4 August 1072<br/>{{Small|(aged approx. 40)}}<hr/>[[Battle of Manzikert|Captured at Manzikert]] by the [[Seljuk Empire|Seljuk Turks]]. After his release blinded on 29 June 1072 by [[John Doukas (Caesar)|John Doukas]], later dying of his wounds{{Sfnm|1a1=ODB|1p=1807|2a1=Treadgold|2y=1997|2pp=601–604, 608|3a1=Schreiner|3p=156}}

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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}}
| Son of Constantine X; made co-emperor in 1060 with Eudokia and Romanos IV. Proclaimed sole emperor after Romanos' defeat at the [[Battle of Manzikert]]
| c. 1050 – c. 1090<br/>{{Small|(aged approx. 40)}}<hr/>Lost nearly all of Anatolia to the Turks. Forced to become a monk after a popular uprising. Died of natural causes several years later{{Sfnm|1a1=ODB|1pp=1366–1367|2a1=Schreiner|2p=157–159|3a1=Norwich|3y=1993|3p=361}}

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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. -->
| General; revolted against Michael VII on 2 July or 2 October 1077 and entered Constantinople on 27 March or 3 April. Married [[Maria of Alania]], the former wife of Michael VII
| 1001/1002 – c. 1081<br/>{{Small|(aged approx. 80)}}<hr/>Abdicated after Alexios I captured Constantinople, became a monk and died of natural causes, probably later in the same year{{Sfnm|1a1=ODB|1p=1479|2a1=Schreiner|2p=158–159|3a1=Grierson|3y=1973|3p=798–799, 821|4a1=Maynard|4y=2021}}

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