Bardas Kontomytes


Bardas Kontomytes was a member of the Amorian Dynasty of the Byzantine Empire.
He was the son of Irene, sister of Empress Theodora, and of Sergios, from whom he was related with the Patriarch Photios. He received the supreme court rank of magistros. He married the daughter of the general Constantine Kontomytes, after which he assumed his father-in-law's surname of "Kontomytes". His brother Stephen also became a magistros.