Kourkouas
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The Kourkouas or Curcuas (Greek : Κουρκούας, Armenian: Գուրգեն, Gourgen) family was one of the many nakharar families from Armenia that migrated to the Byzantine Empire during the Islamic invasions. The family name is derived from the Old Persian word for wolf.
[edit] Famous members
- John Kourkouas, famous general under Romanos I Lekapenos
- Romanos Kourkouas, son of John Kourkouas
- John I Tzimiskes (c. 925–976), Byzantine Emperor, grand-nephew of John Kourkouas
- John Curcuas, Catepan of Italy, 1008-1010
- Michael II Kourkouas, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1143-1146.
