Leon Phokas

Domestic of the Schools of the West

magistros

Events

Date of Birth: probably between about 915 and 920.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Kazhdan and by the PmbZO.

Date of Death: after 982.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is when he is last attested, according to the PmbZO. Kazhdan gives after 970, possibly on the island of Prote.

Relationships

Father: Bardas Phokas the elder.

This relationship is given by Kazhdan and by the PmbZO.

Mother: a daughter of Eudokimos Maleinos.

This relationship is given by the PmbZO.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Bardas Phokas the younger

Nikephoros Phokas

Sophia Phokaina married Konstantinos Skleros.

Manuel Phokas (probably, illegitimate)

References

Kazhdan, Alexander P. “Phokas” and "Phokas, Leo" in the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Oxford University Press, 1991).

Krsmanović, Bojana. "Phokas family ", Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor URL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=10110> [accessed 10 February 2018]

Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Claudia Ludwig; Beate Zielke, and Thomas Pratsch. Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften [consulted 29 January 2018]. “Leon”, Personenkennziffer 24423