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Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder

Nikephoros Bryennios
Usurper of the Byzantine Empire
Reign1077–1078
PredecessorMichael VII
SuccessorNikephoros III
FatherNikephoros Bryennios

Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder (Greek: Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος), Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was a Byzantine Greek general who tried to establish himself as Emperor in the late eleventh century. His contemporaries considered him the best tactician in the empire.[citation needed]


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