DUCAS  , Duxes or Domcas, the name of a See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• FAMILY

family which supplied several rulers to the Eastern See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . The family first came into prominence during the 9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but was ruined when See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine Ducas, a son of the generalAndronicus Ducas, lost his See also:

• LIFE

life in his effort to obtain the imperial See also:

• CROWN

crown in 913 . Towards the end of the loth century there appeared another family of Ducas, which was perhaps connected with the earlier family through the See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• LINE

line and was destined to attain to greater See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . A member of this family became See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor as Constantine X. in 1059, and Constantine's son See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael VII. ruled, nominally in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with his younger See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, Andronicus and Constantine, from 1071 to 1078 . Michael See also:

• LEFT

left a son, Constantine, and, says See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, " a daughter of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Ducas illustrated the See also:

• BLOOD

blood, and confirmed the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, of the Comnenian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty." The family was also allied by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with other See also:

• GREAT

great Byzantine houses, and after losing the imperial dignity its members continued to take an active See also:

• PART

part in public affairs . In 1204 Alexius Ducas, called Mourzoufle, deposed the emperor See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• ANGELUS

Angelus and his son Alexius, and vainly tried to defend Constp.ntinople against the attacks of the Latin crusaders . Nearly a century and a See also:

• HALF

half later one Michael Ducas took a leading part in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between the emperors See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John V . See also:

• PALAEOLOGUS

Palaeologus and John VI . Cantacuzenus, and Michael'sgrandson was the historian Ducas (see below) . Many of the See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty sovereigns who arose after the destruction of the Eastern Empire sought to gain See also:

• PRESTIGE

prestige by adding the famous name of Ducas to their own .