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Χρονολόγιο
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Late 8th century: The Melissenos family emerges
Constantine V’s reign (741-775): Activity of Michael, the first known representative of Melissenos family
767-771: Patrician Michael Melissenos is appointed general of the theme of Anatolikon
Leo V Armenian’s reign (813-820): Activity of the second generation of Melissenos family; Michael Melissenos’ son, Theodotos, also named Kassitiras, is enthroned patriarch of Constantinople
815-821: Theodotos I (Melissenos Kassitiras) is appointed patriarch of Constantinople
815: Second iconoclastic synod in Constantinople, presided by Theodotos I, patriarch of Constantinople
843-852: Patrician Theodotos Melissenos is appointed general of the theme of Anatolikon
First half of the 9th century: Period of Kallistos Melissenos’ activity, first as a tourmarches and subsequently as duke of Kolonia
Second half of the 10th century: Period of the activity of the two brothers, Leo and Theognostes Melissenos
Basil II’s reign (976-1025): Leo Melissenos has many important military and administrative responsibilities. He was general of Anatolikon, duke of Antioch and domestic of the schools of the West with the title of magistros.
987-989: Bardas Phokas’ rebellion, to which Leo and Theognostes Melissenos participated.
First half of the 11th century: Melissenoi become related by marriage to the Vourtzis family
Constantine X Doukas’ reign (1059-1067): The period in which the wedding of Nikephoros Melissenos with Eudokia Komnene, Alexios I Komnenos’ sister, took place
1071-1078: Michael VII Doukas reign
1077-1078: Nikephoros Botaneiates’ rebellion. Nikephoros Melissenos, general of Anatolikon, is appointed μονοστράτηγος (monostrategos-the only strategos) of the themes of Asia Minor
Nikephoros III Botaneiates’ reign (1078-1081): Nikephoros Melissenos is exiled on Kos, because he supported Michael VII Doukas (1071-1078)in Nikephoros Botaneiates’ rebellion
Autumn of 1080: Nikephoros Melissenos rebels in Asia Minor against Nikephoros III Botaneiates
February of 1081: Alexios Komnenos, who would later become Alexios I (1081-1118), rebels in the European part of the empire (in Thrace)
April of 1081: Agreement between the two usurpers, Nikephoros Melissenos, who rebelled in Asia Minor, and Alexios Komnenos, who rebelled in the European part of the empire. Nikephoros Melissenos abandons his aspirations for the throne in exchange for becoming a caesar and receiving land in Thessaloniki and its surrounding area as compensation, as soon as Alexios I would seize authority. Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) comes to the throne of the Byzantine Empire. Nikephoros Melissenos is awarded with land in Thessaloniki and its surrounding area, and the title of caesar
1081-1118: Alexios I Komnenos’ reign
1114: Caesar Nikephoros Melissenos’ death
John II Komnenos’ reign (1118-1143): John Melissenos, son of caesar Nikephoros and Eudokia Komnene, probably ascends to high political position and subsequently resigns
12th century: Activity of John Melissenos’ two sons, who did not hold important positions in the state, a fact leading to the assumption that the Melissenos family is losing importance
13th century: There are testimonies about certain Melissenoi, land-owners from the area of Smyrna, for whom it is not possible to ascertain whether they belonged to the family from Phrygia
1453: The Fall of Constantinople by the Ottomans. Unimportant descendants of the house of Melissenoi are traced in the sources after the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire
16th century: Metropolitan of Monemvasia Makarios Melissenos revises Georgios Sphrantzes’ Chronicle adding a chapter dedicated to the history of the Melissenos family
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