Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch)

Nikephoros Bryennios
BornAdrianople
(modern-day Edirne, Turkey)
AllegianceByzantine Empire
RankEthnarches
RelationsNikephoros Bryennios the Elder (son)
Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (grandson or great-grandson)

Nikephoros Bryennios (Greek: Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος), Latinized as Nicephorus Bryennius, was an important Byzantine general who was involved in rebellions against the empress Theodora and later the emperor Michael VI Stratiotikos.

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