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Nikephoros III Botaneiates

1002 - 1081

Nikephoros III Botaneiates

Nikephoros III Botaneiates (Greek: Νικηφόρος Βοτανειάτης, 1002–1081), Latinized as Nicephorus III Botaniates, was Byzantine Emperor from 7 January 1078 to 1 April 1081. He became a general during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, serving with distinction during the Pecheneg revolt of 1048–1053. In 1057 he aided Isaac I Komnenos in overthrowing Emperor Michael VI Bringas, leading forces at the decisive Battle of Petroe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikephoros III Botaneiates has received more than 273,484 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Nikephoros III Botaneiates is the 1,742nd most popular politician (down from 1,137th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 168th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Turkish Politician.

Nikephoros III Botaneiates was most famous for his defeat of the Bulgarians in the Battle of Kleidion in 1014.

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Among politicians, Nikephoros III Botaneiates ranks 1,742 out of 19,576. Before him are Galeazzo Ciano, Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator, Salome Zourabichvili, Perseus of Macedon, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Harthacnut. After him are Talaat Pasha, Sultan Cem, Songtsen Gampo, Sergey Bubka, Desiderius, and Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1002, Nikephoros III Botaneiates ranks 2. Before him is Pope Leo IX. After him is Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Among people deceased in 1081, Nikephoros III Botaneiates ranks 1. After him are Bolesław II the Generous, Halsten Stenkilsson, Mihailo Vojislavljević, and Konstantios Doukas.