John I Tzimiskes was the senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976. An intuitive and successful general who married into the influential Skleros family, he strengthened and expanded the Byzantine Empire to include Thrace and Syria by warring with... Wikipedia
Born: 925 AD, Çemişgezek, Türkiye
Died: January 10, 976 AD (age 51 years), Constantinople
Place of burial: Arslan Hane, Istanbul
Nationality: Byzantine
Coronation: 19 December 969
Reign: 11 December 969 –; 10 January 976