Constantine Choirosphaktes

Constantine Choirosphaktes (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Χοιροσφάκτης) was a Byzantine diplomat and official active during the reigns of Nikephoros III Botaneiates (r. 1078–1081) and Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118).

Biography

Constantine Choirosphaktes first appears in 1078, bearing the rank of

protoproedros, was sent as ambassador to the German emperor Henry IV (r. 1084–1105), bearing proposals for an alliance between the two powers.^[1]

In 1082, Constantine participated in the

Byzantine emperor.^[1] In 1094, he participated in another synod, which condemned Leo of Chalcedon; on this occasion, he is recorded as holding the rank of kouropalates.^[2]

From a seal, it is known that Constantine also held the office of governor, or praetor, of the combined themes of Hellas (Central Greece and Thessaly) and the Peloponnese, but the exact date of his tenure is unknown. Basile Skoulatos hypothesized that this was between 1094 and 1105.^[3]

The historian Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger calls him a "prudent and cultivated man, and gifted with all the qualities of a wise politician", while hagiographic sources praise his piety.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Skoulatos 1980, p. 53.
^ ^a ^b Skoulatos 1980, p. 54.
^ Skoulatos 1980, pp. 53–54.

Sources

Skoulatos, Basile (1980). Les personnages byzantins de l'Alexiade: Analyse prosopographique et synthèse [The Byzantine Personalities of the Alexiad: Prosopographical Analysis and Synthesis] (in French). Louvain-la-Neuve and Louvain: Bureau du Recueil Collège Érasme and Éditions Nauwelaerts.
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[Skoulatos53-1] Skoulatos 1980, p. 53.

[Skoulatos54-2] Skoulatos 1980, p. 54.

[3] Skoulatos 1980, pp. 53–54.

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