Theophilos Kourkouas

Theophilos Kourkouas
AllegianceByzantine Empire
Service yearsca. 923–960s
Rankstrategos of Chaldia, Mesopotamia (?) and Theodosiopolis, Domestic of the Schools (?)
RelationsJohn Kourkouas, Romanos Kourkouas, John Tzimiskes

Theophilos Kourkouas (Greek: Θεόφιλος Κουρκούας, fl. ca. 920–960s) was a distinguished Byzantine general in the 10th century. He was also the grandfather of the Byzantine emperor John I Tzimiskes (r. 969–976).

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