The second ruler of this dynasty suffered a major defeat when the corsair Leo of Tripoli sacked Thessalonica; that ruler got into a spat with Nicholas Mysticus over his marriage to his mistress.
The second ruler of this dynasty suffered a major defeat when the corsair Leo of Tripoli sacked Thessalonica; that ruler got into a spat with Nicholas Mysticus over his marriage to his mistress. A general who seized power during this dynasty had taken a vow of chastity that came back to bite him when his wife Theophano had him murdered by her lover. Shortly after coming to power, this dynasty's first ruler banished the Patriarch (*) Photios, but brought him back after the death of Ignatius. John I Tzimiskes usurped the throne from a different usurper, Nikephoros Phokas, during this dynasty, whose best-known monarch Christianized the Rus by marrying his sister Anna off to Vladimir of Kiev. That ruler also blinded 99 out of 100 enemy soldiers after winning the Battle of Kleidion. For 10 points, Basil the Bulgar-Slayer was a ruler from what Byzantine dynasty, named for the homeland of Alexander the Great?
The second ruler of this dynasty suffered a major defeat when the corsair Leo of Tripoli sacked Thessalonica; that ruler got into a spat with Nicholas Mysticus over his marriage to his mistress.
Macedonian dynasty [or the Armenian Dynasty]