Iakobitzes 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Dates | 867 (taq) / 867 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2623 |
| Locations | Constantinople; Philopation |
| Textual Sources | Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Iakobitzes 1 was one of the assassins who helped Basilios 7 (Basil I) to murder the emperor Michael III (Michael 11) (on 23 September 867); he and Apelates 1 struck the patrikios Basiliskianos 1 with their swords and threw him down from the imperial chamber: Leo Gramm. 251, Georg. Mon. Cont. 837, Ps.-Symeon 685. He was later killed in an accident with his horse while out hunting with Basilios 7 in the Philopation: Leo Gramm. 253, Georg. Mon. Cont. 839, Ps.-Symeon 687.
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