Bardas 7 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Dates | 866 (taq) / 867 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 801 |
| Locations | Constantinople (officeplace); Constantinople; Kepoi (Thrakesioi) |
| Textual Sources | Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Bardas 7 was the brother of Symbatios 1 (son-in-law of Bardas 5); in 866 he went on the expedition against Crete and was involved with Basilios 7 (the future emperor Basil I) in the plot to kill Bardas 5 at Kepoi in Thrakesion: Ps.-Symeon 678. Described as the father of Basilios 11, Bardas 7 conspired with Basilios 7 to murder the emperor Michael III (Michael 11), on 23 September 867; he was one of those who kept watch outside the imperial bedchamber while the attack took place: Theod. Mel. 175, Georg. Mon. Cont. 837 (both read: Βάρδας ὁ πατὴρ Βασιλείου τοῦ ῥαίκτορος), Leo Gramm. 251 (Βάρδας ὁ πατὴρ Βασιλείου). Theodosios of Melitene (Theod. Mel. 175) describes Marianos 4, Bardas 7 and Symbatios 1 all as brothers of Basilios 7. See Winkelmann, Quellenstudien, pp. 87, 88, 94 and see Symbatios 2.
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