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SUMMARY
The Doukai were one of the most illustrious aristocratic families of Asia Minor and hailed from Paphlagonia. From the middle of the ninth century until 1204 we can distinguish three separate groups bearing that surname; the representatives of the first and third of these groups glorified the Doukas family name. In the eleventh century two members of the Doukas family rose to the imperial throne and, after intermarrying with the Komnenoi, the Doukai became one of the most important families in the empire. |
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