Caesars (Byzantine nobles)

King of Hungary and Croatia from 1172 to 1196

12th century Italian nobleman and major participant in the Third Crusade

Bulgarian ruler

Byzantine general, statesman and historian (1062–1137)

Bardas (; died 21 April 866) was a Byzantine noble and high-ranking minister. As the brother of Empress Theodora, he rose to high office under Theophilos (. Although sidelined after Theophilos's death by Theodora and Theoktistos, in 855 he engineered Theoktistos's murder and became the de facto regent for his nephew, Michael III (). Rising to the rank of Caesar, he was the effective ruler of the Byzantine Empire for ten years, a period which saw military success, renewed diplomatic and missionary activity, and an intellectual revival that heralded the Macedonian Renaissance. He was assassinate

King of Georgia (1054-1112)

Byzantine noble

Byzantine general

Byzantine general

Italian noble, Byzantine Caesar (1162-1183)

Byzantine usurper

Byzantine general and usurper

Byzantine monk and noble

Ruler of Rhodes

Byzantine defector

Preljub (; c. 1312–1356) was a Serbian magnate who served Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) as vojvoda (general). He participated in the southern conquests and held Thessaly with the rank of caesar (kesar) in 1348–56. His son Thomas Preljubović was Despot of Epirus in 1366–84.

Feudal lord in the medieval Balkans

Byzantine general

Byzantine aristocrat

Caesar of Thessaly

governor of Thessalonica

Byzantine general and Caesar

Serbian noble

Byzantine monk

Serbian noble

Vojihna Nemanjić of Drama or simply Vojin of Drama ( ; ca 1298–1360), was a Serbian feudal nobleman, member of the collateral branch of Nemanjić dynasty, ruling family of the medieval Serbia, that rose through the ranks and became one of the most acclaimed military commanders (voivode) and princes of Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia. During the Serbian Kingdom and Empire (1331–71), he was titled Caesar (, sr. ћесар/кесар), hence, he is mostly known as Caesar Vojihna (кесар Војихна). During this period, he was ruling the entire region of Drama (today in Northwestern Greece) as its Lord.