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Romanos IV Diogenes

1030 - 1072

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Romanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ῥωμανός Διογένης, romanized: Rōmanos Diogenēs; c. 1030 – c. 1072) was a Byzantine general and Akritai commander who, after his marriage to the dowager empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa, was crowned Byzantine emperor. He reigned from 1068 to 1071, during which time he was determined to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the Byzantine Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romanos IV Diogenes has received more than 615,992 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Romanos IV Diogenes is the 818th most popular politician (down from 656th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 99th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Romanos IV Diogenes was the Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. He is most famous for his military campaigns against the Seljuk Turks, which resulted in the recapture of much territory in Asia Minor.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Romanos IV Diogenes ranks 818 out of 15,577. Before him are Liu Shaoqi, Feodor III of Russia, Tamar of Georgia, Galla Placidia, Sigismund II Augustus, and Viktor Yushchenko. After him are Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Alexander Kerensky, William III of the Netherlands, Constantine IX Monomachos, Stefan Dušan, and Ancus Marcius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1030, Romanos IV Diogenes ranks 1. After him are Bruno of Cologne, Vsevolod I of Kiev, Emund the Old, Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Stenkil, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Anna Dalassene, Lulach, Gertrude of Saxony, Sigebert of Gembloux, and Conan II, Duke of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1072, Romanos IV Diogenes ranks 2. Before him is Alp Arslan. After him are Sancho II of Castile and León, Peter Damian, Antipope Honorius II, Ouyang Xiu, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Adalbert of Hamburg, Asadi Tusi, Ali Hujwiri, and Hereward the Wake.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Romanos IV Diogenes ranks 113 out of 1,301. Before him are Gregory of Nyssa (335), Ulfilas (311), Photios I of Constantinople (900), Nikephoros I (760), Julius Nepos (430), and İsmet İnönü (1884). After him are Constantine IX Monomachos (1000), Stefan Dušan (1308), Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Polycarp (69), Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), and Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Romanos IV Diogenes ranks 63. Before him are Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Enver Pasha (1881), Artemisia I of Caria (-500), Nikephoros I (760), Julius Nepos (430), and İsmet İnönü (1884). After him are Constantine IX Monomachos (1000), Stefan Dušan (1308), Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Michael III (840), and Şah Sultan (1509).

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