Konstantinos 28

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates813 (taq) / 813 (tpq)
PmbZ No.3920
LocationsConstantinople;
Bulgaria (residence)
Textual SourcesScriptor Incertus de Leone Armenio, ed. I. Bekker, Leo Grammaticus (Bonn, 1842), pp. 335-362; app. crit., R. Browning, Byz 35 (1965), pp. 391-41; ed. with comm. and tr., Fr. Iadevaia (Messina, 1987) (history)

Konstantinos 28 was known as Patzikos (or possibly "son of Patzikos") (Κωνσταντῖνον τὸν λεγόμενον τοῦ Πατζικοῦ); the brother-in-law of the Bulgar leader Krum 1, he was present at the siege of Constantinople in 813; many years earlier he had fled to the Bulgars, had then married a sister of Krum (Anonyma 3) and had a son (Anonymus 28), who was also present during the siege; he and his son accompanied Krum 1 to a parley with the emperor, and were both captured by the Byzantines when an attempt was made on Krum 1's life: Scriptor Incertus 343-344. Their fate is not recorded. He had perhaps fled to the Bulgars during the reign of Nikephoros I; see Winkelmann, Quellenstudien, p. 159.

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