Maiktes 1 was an Armenian, descended from the Arsacids, allegedly; he is supposed to have visited Constantinople during the reign of the emperor Constantine VI (Konstantinos 8) and Eirene 1, encountered a prosperous fellow-Armenian, Leo 110, also of Arsacid descent, and married one of his daughters (Anonyma 29); the son of this marriage (Anonymus 232) was the father of the future emperor Basil I (Basilios 7): Theoph. Cont. V 3. This story is part of the pedigree of Basilios 7 recorded by the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (see further PBE II) in his Life of Basil; the earlier elements of the pedigree are apocryphal but the later parts may be genuine and Maiktes 1 and Leo 110 perhaps therefore real persons; the name Leo certainly recurs among Basilios 7's relations. If so, Maiktes 1 was the grandfather of Basilios 7.

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