Person

John Doukas

Usurper of the East Roman (Byzantine) empire

b. 1025 CE – d. 1088 CE World The Great Crossroads

John Doukas (or Ducas) (died c. 1088) is the son of Andronikos Doukas, a Paphlagonian nobleman who may have served as governor of the theme of Moesia and younger brother of Emperor Constantine X Doukas.

John Doukas is the paternal grandfather of Irene Doukaina, wife of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.