The emergency lends weight to the military…
1068 CE
The emergency lends weight to the military aristocracy in Anatolia who, on January 1, 1068, finally secure the election of one of their own number, the Cappadocian Romanos Diogenes, as emperor.
As Emperor Romanos IV, he marries the widowed Empress Mother Eudokia Makrembolitissa later in the year.
John Doukas, after serving as a counselor and supporter of his brother, had come to the fore after his brother's death in 1067 as the natural protector of the rights of his nephew Michael VII Doukas.
His position as Caesar and his family’s influence in the Senate means that he is behind the opposition of the court officials to the Empress and her marriage to Romanos.
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