East Roman (Byzantine) noble family of Bulgarian origin
1000 CE
to 1100 CE
The Aaronios are a Byzantine noble family of Bulgarian origin, being descended from Emperor Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria (r. 1015–1018).
After Ivan Vladislav's death before Dyrrhachium in 1018 and the collapse of the Bulgarian state, empress Maria seeks refuge in the Byzantine Empire.
There Emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025) receives her and her offspring and gives them high court titles and offices.
The two eldest members of the family, Presianos and Alousianos, are later involved in rebellions.
Presianos becomes implicated in a plot against Emperor Romanos III Argyros (r. 1028–1033) in ca.
1029, and Alousianos is actively involved in the Uprising of Petar Delyan in 1041–1041.
His daughter married Romanos Diogenes.
The third eldest son, Aaron, serves as a high-ranking general and governor of important provinces in the Empire's eastern frontier in the 1040s and 1050s.
Strictly speaking, the Aaronios line descends from him.
His son Theodore is killed fighting in Armenia against the Seljuk Turks in 1055/1056.
The daughter of the fourth son, Trajan, Maria, marries with Andronikos Doukas into the Komnenos clan, with whom she has the megas doux John Doukas and Irene Doukaina, wife of Alexios I Komnenos.
Maria's aunt, Catherine, marries Emperor Isaac I Komnenos (r. 1057–1059).
The family becomes more obscure in the 12th century, but surviving members are still documented until the late 14th century, albeit in lower-ranking posts.
