[1] After the death of T'ornik, his wife and son, Nikolaos Tornikios, were invited by emperor Romanos I Lekapenos to settle in Constantinople, where they assumed their place among the Byzantine aristocracy.
[3] Another prominent Tornikios of the 10th century was John Tornikes, a general of the Georgian prince David III of Tao, whose relationship with the other family members is unclear.
John settled in the Byzantine Empire as a monk in the Monastery of Iviron in Mount Athos and later became a diplomat and general under Basil II.
[1] During the 11th century, strategos Leo Tornikios from Adrianople revolted against his relative, the Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, claiming the imperial throne.
[5] George was also an active clergyman and writer, whose letters provided plenty of information about the life in Ephesus at his time.
[5] After the 1204 sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, the family moved to the Empire of Nicaea, where they acquired important positions.