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From: "Pierre Aronax" <>
Subject: Re: Alusijan and the armenian princess
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 19:35:28 +0200
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Allan M. Andersen <> a crit dans le message :
...
> I read somewhere on the Net, where it was stated, that prince Alusijan
> of Bulgaria "governor of Jermenia" (Armenia?), who died 1058, married
> an armenian Princess. Is this true about the princess coming from
> Armenia I mean. And could some one find her parents for me. I would be
> very interested since Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (or was that his
> name, well one of my ancestors anyhow) Emperor of Byzantium married an
> Alusijanos, probably a Grand daughter of the Bulgarian Prince
> Alusijan.
>
> Sincerely and hopefully,
> Allan M. Andersen,

The source for this information is the Byzantine historian Ianns
Skylitzs, or his continuator. I can not check it right now because I have
not it at home, but I don't think he gives the lineage of the lady who
married Alousianos, and says many more than the fact she owned land in the
Byzantine thma (province) of Charsianon. I don't even think he says she was
a princess, but it is better to check the text. In 1040Alousianos was
stratgos of Thodosiopolis in Armenia, when he fled his post to take part
in the Deljan's revolt in Bulgaria. Assuming Alousianos had no other wife,
this lady gave him at least three children: Samoul Alousianos, Basilios
Alousianos and the anonym daughter who was the first wife of Rmanos
Diogns and the mother of his first son Knstantinos Diogns.

Pierre


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