Hervé Frankopoulos

Seal of Frankopoulos with St. Peter on the obverse and his titles of magistros, vestes, and stratelates of the East on the reverse

Hervé (, Ervevios or Erbebios; ), called Frankopoulos or Phrangopoulos (, "Son of a Frank"), was a Norman mercenary general in Byzantine service during the 1050s.

Biography According to Amatus of Montecassino, Hervé and other Norman mercenaries fought for the Byzantine Empire under George Maniakes against the Muslims in Sicily from 1038 to 1040. Between 1040 and 1043, he took part in the campaign against the Greeks of Apulia and received some villages around Avellino (1042/3). At about 1050, he appears as the leader of the Norman mercenaries under Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder and one of the Greek's two chief lieutenants. In the same year, he and Katakalon Kekaumenos were defeated by the Pechenegs near the Danube during the Pecheneg revolt. After initial success, he was captured by a ruse by the emir of Ahlat, Abu Nasr.