Michael (son of Anastasios the logothete)

Byzantine noble and military leader

Michael (fl. 1042–1058) was a Byzantine patrikios, magistros and doux of the Theme of Dyrrhachium. He was sent in 1042 by Emperor Constantine IX to attack the Serbian rebel Stefan Vojislav, but was defeated.[1] In 1048, he was the doux of Paristrion. George Cedrenus later mentions magistros Michael, patrikios Theodore Chryselios and patrikios Christopher Pyrrhos as supporting Patriarch Michael Keroularios in his dispute with Emperor Isaac I Komnenos (1058).[2] He was the son of logothetes Anastasios.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Cedrenus II, col. 275.
2. ^ Cedrenus II, col. 363
3. ^ Cedrenus II, col. 363

## Sources

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* "Μιχαήλ (Michael 114)". Prosopography of the Byzantine World. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Preceded by

Basil Synadenos

|  doux of Dyrrhachium
c. 1042  | Succeeded by

Michael Maurex

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Unknown |  doux of Paristrion
1048  | Unknown
*[fl.]: floruit ('flourished' – known to have been active at a particular time or during a particular period)
*[c.]: circa