Constantine Bourtzes
Constantine Bourtzes (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; fl. 1025) was a Byzantine aristocrat associated with a failed conspiracy against Emperor Constantine VIII following the death of emperor Basil II.
He was blinded by the emperor as punishment.[1]
Family
Constantine belonged to the Bourtzes (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) family, a prominent military aristocratic clan active in the eastern provinces of the empire during the 10th and 11th centuries. The family first became famous through Michael Bourtzes, who played a major role in the Byzantine reconquest of Antioch in 969 during the reign of Nikephoros II Phokas.
References
Sources
- Catherine Holmes (2005). Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976–1025). ISBN 9780199279685. Search this book on
- Michael Angold (1985). The Byzantine Empire, 1025–1204: A Political History. Longman. ISBN 978-0582490611. Search this book on
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