Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Nikephoros i te tau 1002 ki a Michael Botaneiates me tana wahine, nga mema o te whanau Botaneiates, he whanau hoia rongonui mai i te Anatolic Theme. E ai ki a Attaleiates, ko te tupuna o Nikephoross a Nikephoros me te papa o Michael i mahi hei rangatira i raro i a Basil II () i a ia e pakanga ana ki nga Georgians me tana rangatira
conquest o Bulgaria; Ko Attaleiates anake te puna e homai ana i tenei mōhiohio. E kii ana a Attaleiates ko te whanau Botaniati he whanaunga ki te Emepara Byzantine a Nicephorus II Phocas me te whanau Phocas. I whakamahia pea tenei e Nikephoros hei taapiri i te tika ki tana mana i muri mai, a ko tenei e whakapumautia ana e Psellos, e karanga ana ki a Nikephoros III "Phocas" i tana whakaputa i te reta a Byzantine Emperor Michael VII Doukas ki a ia. I tetahi ra kaore i mohiotia, i marena a Nikephoros i tetahi wahine ko Vevdene te ingoa, engari i muri mai ka marena ia ki a Maria o Alania, te wahine o mua o Michael VII. Te ahua nei he iti rawa te tamaiti kotahi i a ia me Vevdene, i te mea e whakahua ana a Anna Komnene i tana mokopuna i roto i te "Alexiad". He iti noa atu nga korero mo te koiora o Nikephoross i mua o te 1053, haunga ko ia he rangatira i raro i te Emepara Constantine IX Monomachos i te whakaekenga a Pecheneg o te 1048<unk>1053.