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    Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Ἐρωτικός Κομνηνός, romanized: Manouēl Erōtikos Komnēnos; 955/960 – c. 1020) was a Byzantine military leader under Basil II,...
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    Manuel I Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Κομνηνός, romanized: Manouḗl Komnēnós; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized as Comnenus, also called Porphyrogenitus...
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  • Anna Komnene (redirect from Anna Komnenos)
    Anna was born on 1 December 1083 to Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Her father, Alexios I Komnenos, became emperor in 1081, after usurping the previous...
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    soldiers and officers, taking the places of their fathers. One of them, Isaac Komnenos, later became emperor himself. Basil did not innovate in terms of military...
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    participate in John II Komnenos' military campaign against the Muslim rulers of Northern Syria in 1138. Historian Ralph-Johannes Lilie says the lack of...
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  • Emperor John II Komnenos (r. 1118–1143), and of Maria Pegonitissa. The couple married around 1158, at the initiative of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. In 1190...
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    significantly later. It's not known with certainty if Zonaras served under John II Komnenos (r. 1118–1143), although this is still a possibility. Zonaras' Epitome...
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    Cambridge University Press. Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Zielke, Beate; Pratsch, Thomas, eds. (2013). "Romanos II. (#26834)". Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen...
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    Nikephoros II Phokas (Greek: Νικηφόρος Φωκᾶς, Nikēphóros Phōkãs; c. 912 – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from...
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    of the Epirote realm, Michael I Komnenos Doukas, never used the title and neither did his successor Theodore Komnenos Doukas, who actually crowned himself...
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    Nikephoros Komnenos (Greek: Νικηφόρος Κομνηνός, Nikēphoros Komnēnos; c. 970 – after 1026/7) was a Byzantine military leader under the emperors Basil II (r. 976–1025)...
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  • Constantinople by Mehmed II on 1 November 1463. The last member of the Komnenos dynasty is typically considered to have been John Komnenos Molyvdos (1657–1719)...
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    Epirote state was founded in 1205 by Michael Komnenos Doukas, a cousin of the Byzantine emperors Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos. At first, Michael...
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    Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8. Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). "Konstans II". Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen...
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    of Africa, held back the grain fleet destined to Rome. "The events of Johannes' reign are as shadowy as its origins," writes John Matthews, who then provides...
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  • John Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος) may refer to: John Komnenos Doukas (died 1244), ruler of Thessalonica and Thessaly, referred to as John...
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    III used the name Alexios Komnenos Angelos (Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος) prior to his accession but reigned as Alexios Komnenos, dropping his own family name...
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    Komnenos Vatatzes, the grandson of the Byzantine general Theodore Vatatzes and the purple-born princess Eudokia Komnene, daughter of Emperor John II Komnenos...
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  • needed] Manuel was the father of Isaac I Komnenos and John Komnenos, the latter being the father of Alexios I Komnenos. The claim, which provides no references...
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    and then the rightful Emperor of Constantinople, as Demetrios II Dukas Angelos Komnenos Palaiologos Rhodokanakis, from 1895 to his death. Though he lost...
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    Orthodox Christian saint. Michael II Komnenos Doukas, ruler of Epirus from 1230 until his death in 1266/68. Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, (c. 1240 – c. 1297)...
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    Byzantine Empire. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6616-0. Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Zielke, Beate; Pratsch, Thomas, eds. (2013). Prosopographie...
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    Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6. Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). "Heraklonas"....
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    Kazhdan 1991, pp. 1156–1157. Andriollo 2012, p. 58. Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes (23 April 2020), "Aristocrats, Mercenaries, Clergymen and Refugees: Deliberate...
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    in Turkey). Alexios and David Komnenos, grandsons and last male descendants of the deposed emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, pressed their claims as Roman...
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    after 1379), who married Nikephoros II Orsini of Epirus. Kantakouzenos's four-volume History was published by Johannes Isacius Pontanus in 1603, by Ludwig...
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    Yale University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-11786-8 Kolditz, Sebastian, Johannes VIII. Palaiologos und das Konzil von Ferrara-Florenz (1438/39). 2 Vol....
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    p. 27. ISBN 9783319533667. Lilie, Ralph-Johannes et al. (2013). "Anna (#443)". PmbZ Lilie, Ralph-Johannes et al. (2013). "Kosmo (#4148)". PmbZ Wikimedia...
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    died c. 1074; he married Theodora Komnene, sister of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos Leo Diogenes, by the second marriage, born c. 1069, died 1087 Nikephoros...
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    Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria (category Komnenos dynasty)
    Latinized Theodora Comnena, was a daughter of the Byzantine prince Andronikos Komnenos and his wife, Eirene (?Aineiadissa). Based on the writings of Niketas Choniates...
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