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| 1050 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Michael VII, eldest son of Constantine X Doukas and Eudokia Makrembolitissa |
| 1050 | Death | |
| Constantinople Emperor Death of Michael VII |
| 1067 | Succession | |
| When Constantine X died Michael VII is 17 years old and should have been able to rule by himself but exhibited little interest in politics, and his mother Eudokia and uncle John Doukas governed the empire as Regents |
| 1068 | Marriage | |
| 1st Jan Eudokia marries the general Romanos Diogenes, who now became senior co-emperor alongside Michael VII, Konstantios, and another brother, Andronikos |
| 1071 | Coronation | |
| 24th Oct After the dispatch of Eudokia to a monastery, Michael VII is crowned again as senior Emperor |
| 1071 | Rule of Bari | |
| Bari The Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Normans of Robert Guiscard |
| 1071 | Rule of Italy | |
| The Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Normans of Robert Guiscard |
| 1071 | Siege of Bari | |
| Bari The Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Normans of Robert Guiscard |
| 1071 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire |
| 24th Oct After the dispatch of Eudokia to a monastery, Michael VII is crowned again as senior Emperor |
| 1073 | Rebellion | |
| After ManzikeThe Byzantine government sends a new army to contain the Seljuk Turks under Isaac Komnenos, a brother of the future emperor Alexios I Komnenos, but this army is defeated and its commander captured |
| 1074 | Abdication | |
| 31st Mar Nikephoros Botaneiates gained the support of the Seljuk Turks reaches Constantinople, Michael VII resigns the throne with hardly a struggle |
| 31st Mar Stoudios Retires to the monastery of Stoudios |
| 1074 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Nikephoros Bryennios and Nikephoros Botaneiates , simultaneously revolt in the Balkans and Anatolia, respectively |
| 31st Mar Nikephoros Botaneiates gained the support of the Seljuk Turks reaches Constantinople, Michael VII resigns the throne with hardly a struggle |
| 1074 | Rebellion | |
| An army under Alexios Komnenos, reinforced by Seljuk troops sent by Malik Shah I, finally defeats the mercenaries and captures John Doukas |
| John Doukas is forced to stand as pretender to the throne & Michael VII's government recognizes the conquests of the Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor |
| 1074 | Rule of Asia Minor | |
| John Doukas is forced to stand as pretender to the throne & Michael VII's government recognizes the conquests of the Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor |
