Nikephoros III Botaneiates

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 was born in 1002, and became a general during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, serving in the Pecheneg revolt of 1048–1053. His actions in guiding his forces away from the Pechenegs following the Battle of Zygos Pass, in which they suffered eleven days of harassment before finally reaching the Byzantine city of Adrianople, attracted the attention of fellow officers, and he received the title of magistros as a reward. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikephoros III Botaneiates has received more than 233,926 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Nikephoros III Botaneiates is the 1,139th most popular politician (down from 927th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 91st most popular Turkish Politician.

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