atic ▁family ▁of ▁Armen ian ▁origin . ▁ ▁The ▁family ' s ▁e pon ym ous ▁founder , ▁K ' urd ik , ▁was ▁an ▁Armen ian ▁no blem an ▁who ▁went ▁over ▁to ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Empire ▁and ▁surrender ed ▁his ▁domain , ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Lok ana , ▁to ▁Emperor ▁Bas il ▁I ▁the ▁Mac ed onian , ▁sett ling ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁in ▁By z antine ▁territory . ▁His ▁descend ants ▁counted ▁among ▁the ▁senior ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁military ▁arist ocracy ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁centuries . ▁Several ▁members ▁supported ▁the ▁re bell ions ▁of ▁various ▁military ▁arist ocr ats ▁from ▁Const antine ▁Dou k as ▁( K ourt ik ios ▁the ▁Armen ian ) ▁to ▁B ard as ▁Sk ler os ▁( Michael ▁K ourt ik ios ), ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁century , ▁they ▁inter mar ried ▁with ▁the ▁leading ▁arist ocr atic ▁families ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁including ▁the ▁imperial ▁dynast ies ▁of ▁the ▁Kom nen oi ▁and ▁the ▁Dou ka i . ▁The ▁family ' s ▁fort unes ▁decl ined ▁ab rupt ly ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century , ▁when ▁a ▁single ▁member ▁is ▁known , ▁occup ying ▁a ▁mod est ▁provincial ▁post . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁a ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁became ▁active ▁in ▁Armen ian ▁C il icia . ▁The ▁family ▁produced ▁a ▁few ▁senior ▁officials ▁under ▁the ▁Empire ▁of ▁N ica ea , ▁but ▁decl ined ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁Pal ai olog an ▁period .