Rendakis (), also Rendakios (Ρενδάκιος) or Rentakios (Ρεντάκιος) was a powerful

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noble family in the 8th to 10th centuries.

History

The Rendakis family was first mentioned during the reign of

Leo III the Isaurian Leo III the Isaurian (; 685 – 18 June 741), also known as the Syrian, was the first List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty from 717 until his death in 741. He put an end to the Twenty Years' Anarchy, a period o ...

(r. 717–741). Although the family were native Greek speakers, the etymology of the family name is believed by some scholars to have been of

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origin. In the beginning of the 8th century, the number of officials of clearly provincial origin had increased, and the Rendakioi was one of these families. In the 9th century, the family numbered among the most powerful families in the Byzantine Empire, alongside those of Bryennios, Choirosphaktes, Monomachos, and Tessarakontapechys.

Members

* Sisinnios Rendakis (Σισίννιος, ), ''

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'' and ''

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'' of the

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under Emperor Leo III, according to the ''

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'', he commanded the imperial fleet that saved

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from the barbarians. He was from Macedonia. He fought against and was beheaded by the Bulgarians in ca. 718–719 because he had supported the attempt by the deposed emperor

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to recover his throne. * Rentakios (fl. 866–867), ''

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'' and ''

parakoimomenos The ''parakoimōmenos'' (, literally "the one who sleeps beside

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) was a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy, court position, usually reserved for eunuch (court official), eunuchs. The position' ...

''. * Rentakios Helladikos (fl. 913–927), a native of Hellas, blinded by Emperor

Romanos I Lekapenos Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (; 870 – 15 June 948), Latinisation of names, Latinized as Romanus I Lacapenus or Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for and senior co-ruler of ...

for the plot to kill his own father, stealing and selling his family possessions, and forging a letter to Tsar Symeon of Bulgaria in order to desert. ** Niketas Rentakios or Niketas Helladikos, Peloponnesian magnate ***Sophia, married

Christopher Lekapenos Christopher Lekapenos or Lecapenus (; died August 931) was the eldest son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos () and co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 921 until his death in 931. Christopher was given the position of (commander of the palace g ...

(co-emperor 921–931), son of Romanos I * Constantine Rendakis ** Demetrios Phalakros *

Rendakios the Athenian Rendakis (), also Rendakios (Ρενδάκιος) or Rentakios (Ρεντάκιος) was a powerful Byzantine noble family in the 8th to 10th centuries. History The Rendakis family was first mentioned during the reign of Leo III the Isaurian (r. 717 ...

(fl. 1055), son-in-law of Sergios Betelakes. Married Helene.

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