Theophilos Kourkouas

Theophilos Kourkouas
AllegianceByzantine Empire
Years of serviceca. 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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