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John I Tzimiskes
Byzantine emperor
John Kourkouas
10th-century Byzantine general
John Kourkouas
Byzantine catepan of Italy
Michael II of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople

Kourkouas
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
Theophilos Kourkouas
10th-century Byzantine general
Romanos Kourkouas
10th-century Byzantine general

John Kourkouas
John Kourkouas (died 971)
Kourkouas family