John Doukas (Caesar)

John Doukas
Ιωάννης Δούκας
Usurper of the Byzantine Empire
Reign1074
PredecessorMichael VII
SuccessorNikephoros III
Born?
Diedc. 1088
SpouseIrene Pegonitissa
IssueAndronikos Doukas
Constantine Doukas
DynastyDoukas
FatherAndronikos Doukas

John Doukas (or Ducas) (Greek: Ιωάννης Δούκας, Iōannēs Doukas) (died c. 1088) was the son of Andronikos Doukas, a Paphlagonian Greek nobleman who may have served as governor of the theme of Bulgaria (Moesia), and the younger brother of Emperor Constantine X Doukas. John Doukas was the paternal grandfather of Irene Doukaina, wife of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

He was the original owner of Codex Parisinus graecus 2009, i.e. the oldest known and preserved manuscript of De administrando imperio of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus copied by one of Doukas' scribes, a well-known encyclopedic Byzantine source on foreign nations from the 10th century.[1]

  1. ^ Moravcsik, Gyula, ed. (1967). Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio, p. 16. Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies: Washington.