Kourkouas family

Byzantine emperor

10th-century Byzantine general

Byzantine catepan of Italy

Patriarch of Constantinople

thumb|right|Inscription of Gregorios Kourkouas from the church in Patalenitsa, 1090/1091 The Kourkouas family or Curcuas (, from , Gurgen) was, allegedly, one of the many nakharar families from Armenia that migrated to the Byzantine Empire during the period of Arab rule over Armenia (7th–9th centuries) although the latter is mostly speculative. They rose to prominence as part of the Anatolian military aristocracy in the 10th century, providing several high-ranking generals and an emperor. They intermarried extensively with the aristocratic families of Phokas and Skleros. In the 11th and 12th c

10th-century Byzantine general

10th-century Byzantine general

Kourkouas family