Michael Maurex
Maurex or Maurikas (
According to
In the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Alexander Kazhdan accepts the identity of the magnate Maurex and the admiral, but considers the equation with Michael Maurex doubtful as the former is not recorded as bearing any of the latter's titles.[5] Similarly, Michael Hendy doubts the identification of the magnate Maurex, "a private person", with any of the military commanders identified as him, but considers the general Michael Maurex and the naval commander as the same person.[6]
In 1066, according to the Breve chronicon Northmannicum, Maurex (Mambrica/Mambrita) commanded a fleet that stopped an attempted invasion of the Balkans by Count Geoffrey of Taranto, and in the next year, at the head of a Byzantine army he landed in Apulia and took Bari, Taranto and Castellaneta from the Normans. He could not prevent the Normans from besieging Bari again in 1068, however, and in 1070, he is recorded as fighting against Geoffrey and Robert Guiscard.[7]
Around 1076, according to Bryennios, Maurex hosted the future emperor
Maurex is next recorded by Anna Komnene, without further comment, as leading a joint Byzantine-Venetian fleet to victory over the Normans in spring 1082.[9] He appears for the last time in 1084, when he is briefly mentioned (dux Mabrica) by William of Apulia as commander of the Byzantine fleet stationed at Corfu.[10]
References
- ^ Kazhdan 1991, p. 1317; Skoulatos 1980, p. 197; Stephenson 2000, p. 157.
- ^ Kazhdan 1991, p. 1317; Skoulatos 1980, p. 197.
- ^ Kazhdan 1991, p. 1317; Skoulatos 1980, pp. 197–198; Stephenson 2000, p. 157.
- ^ PBW Seals: 125 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 239 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 2153 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 3085 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 3780 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, 3783 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Kazhdan 1991, p. 1317.
- ^ Hendy 2008, p. 240.
- ^ Skoulatos 1980, p. 197; Stephenson 2000, p. 157.
- ^ Hendy 2008, p. 240; Kazhdan 1991, p. 1317; Skoulatos 1980, p. 197.
- ^ Anna Komnena. Alexiad, 4.3.
- ^ Kazhdan 1991, p. 1317; Skoulatos 1980, pp. 197–198.
Sources
- Hendy, Michael F. (2008) [1985]. Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c. 300-1450. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-08852-7.
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- 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. OCLC 8468871.
- Stephenson, Paul (2000). Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77017-3.
External links
- "Michael 10108 - Michael Maurix (Maurikas)". Prosopography of the Byzantine World. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.