Konstantinos Makrodukas

The Panhypersebastos Konstantinos Makrodukas († around 1184) was a member of the Byzantine nobility. He was married to Anne, the daughter of the Sebastokrator Isaak , a niece of Emperor Manuel I and a sister of Theodoras , the widow of Baldwin III. von Jerusalem, the long-time lover of Andronikos Komnenos , the later emperor Andronikos I. His son, Isaak Dukas, married a daughter of King Géza II of Hungary .

According to the chronicler Niketas Choniates , he was a loyal supporter of Emperor Andronikos I. He vouched for his stepson Isaak Komnenus , who had been captured by the Armenians as governor of Isauria . When Isaac Komnenus fled to Cyprus after his release from Armenian captivity and took power there in 1183, Konstantinos Makrodukas and Andronikos Dukas, a friend of Isaac, were accused of violating the imperial majesty. Niketas Choniates reports on the trial against the two, which took place in the open air and for which a large number of people had gathered. Apparently the court was concerned that the trial would run in favor of the defendants. When the prisoners were being brought out, Stephanos Hagiochristophorites , a confidante of Andronikos, threw a stone at Konstantinos. Other courtiers only took part in the stoning after being threatened.

Along with Andronikos Doukas Konstantinos was then compared to the Mangana Palace impaled .

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• Franz Grabler (ed.), Adventurer on the imperial throne. The reign of Emperors Alexios II, Andronikos and Isaak Angelos (1180–1195) from the history of Niketas Choniates. Byzantine Historians Volume 8, 1958.