Pankalo
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Settipani estimates 815.
Date of Death: after 867.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Settipani.
Relationships
Father: Leo.
This relationship is given by the PmbZO and by PBE I. Leo was Armenian, and was supposedly descended from the Arcasids. Settipani suggests that he may have been Byzantine Emperor Leo V.
Mother: unknown.
Pankalo’s mother was later said to be descended from Constantine the Great, but this is dismissed by modern scholars.
Spouse: a son of Maïktes.
This relationship is given by the PmbZO. A later genealogy makes Maïktes a descendant of the Arcasids, but this is not accepted by most modern scholars. He was of Armenian origin.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (probably born between 832 and 836 - 29 August 886) married (1) Maria; married (2) Eudokia Ingerina.
Marianos
Symbatios
References
Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Claudia Ludwig; Beate Zielke, and Thomas Pratsch. Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften [consulted 2 February 2018]. “Pankalo”, Personenkennziffer 5679
Martindale, John et al, (2001 and 2015). Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (641-867). Online edition available at <http://www.pbe.kcl.ac.uk> “Anonyma 30”, “Pankalo 1”, “Leo”, “Maiktes 1” [consulted 2 February 2018]
Settipani, Christian. Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obsurs: Les princes caucasiens et l’empire du VIe au IXe siècle. (De Boccard, 2006).