Philaretos Brachamios
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Philaretos Brachamios (Greek: Φιλάρετος Βραχάμιος; Armenian: Փիլարտոս Վահրամ Վարաժնունի, romanized: Pilartos Vahram Varajnuni; Latin: Philaretus Brachamius) was a distinguished Byzantine general and warlord of Armenian heritage. He was for a time a claimant to the imperial throne against Emperor Michael VII. Philaretos is attested on seals as taxiarches (commander of an infantry regiment), as well as protospatharios and topoteretes (deputy commander) of the Tagmata of Cappadocia, then as magistros and doux (duke), and finally as kouropalates and doux.
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Philaretos Brachamios | |
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Usurper of the Byzantine Empire | |
Reign | 1071–1078 |
Predecessor | Romanos IV |
Successor | Michael VII |
Died | c. 1087 |
Dynasty | Varajnuni |
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