enemy. Alexios Branas was a notable Greek aristocrat, who was doubly linked to the imperial Komnenos family. He was the son of Michael Branas and of Maria...

Theodore Branas or Vranas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Βρανᾶς, Theodōros Branas), sometimes called Theodore Komnenos Branas, was a general under the Byzantine Empire...

join the field army already assembled under the experienced general Alexios Branas, which was placed to block the Norman advance. To the field army he...

while Alexios IV was strangled. Several pretenders rose up and attempted to wrest the throne from Isaac during his reign. These included: Alexios Branas Theodore...

Onesimus of Kiev Alexios Apokaukos, Byzantine statesman Alexios Aspietes, Byzantine governor Alexios Branas, Byzantine general Alexios Halebian, American...

revolt of the general Alexios Branas, which broke out during the summer of 1186, or, more likely, in 1187. Kamytzes and Branas were bitter enemies at...

eleven-year-old son Alexios II Komnenos succeeded him, but the imperial power was held by regents, his mother Maria of Antioch and the prōtosebastos Alexios Komnenos...

tunic was also worn. Adrianos Komnenos, brother of Alexios I Komnenos Alexios Branas, general Alexios Komnenos, nephew of Manuel I Komnenos, de facto regent...

force to the town where they were met by the fleet under the command of Alexios Raoul and the megas stratopedarches John Synadenos. The siege was successful...

Byzantine soldiers. This force of possibly 2,500 managed to defeat Alexios Branas' rebellion. The rebel army which could not have numbered much more than...

instead of mail in the battle in which Branas was killed. He was slightly wounded in the shoulder, but unhorsed Branas, who was then killed and beheaded by...

Angeloi Emperor, Alexios V Doukas. When Manuel I Komnenos died on 24 September 1180, his son and successor was the 11-year-old Alexios II Komnenos. He...

indicates being a member of the Branas family which produced military leaders like Alexios Branas and Theodore Branas, but whose genealogy is poorly recorded...

century). Alexios Branas, son of Michael, who decisively defeated the Normans at the Battle of Demetritzes, near Serres, in 1185. Theodore Branas son of...

ambitions, especially due to his uncle's close contacts with the general Alexios Branas, who had rebelled in 1187: shortly before the general's rebellion, John...

sends a Byzantine expeditionary force under Alexios Branas to suppress the Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion – but Alexios revolts against Isaac and is proclaimed...

capital, but the army of the emperor Isaac Angelus, under the general Alexios Branas, defeated the invaders on the banks of the Strymon (7 November 1185)...

November 7 – Battle of Demetritzes: A reinforced Byzantine army under Alexios Branas decisively defeats William II, ending his invasion of the Byzantine...

indicates being a member of the Branas family which produced military leaders, like Alexios Branas and Theodore Branas, but whose genealogy is poorly recorded...

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan, ends Genpei War 7 November – Byzantines under Alexios Branas defeat Normans at Demetrias (Volos), Greece 1213 May 30 and 31 Damme...

mountains. The third general in charge of fighting the rebels was Alexius Branas, who, in turn, rebelled and turned on Constantinople. Isaac defeated him...

the Gargano Peninsula and dated his charters by Alexios' reign. While Guiscard was in Italy, Alexios defeated Bohemond in the battle of Trikkala. This...

conspiring with Alexios Komnenos to usurp the throne. He demanded the opportunity to refute the charges, but was blinded without a trial. Alexios Branas (1187)...

Byzantine city sacked by the Kingdom of Sicily. Battle of Demetritzes Alexios Branas decisively defeats Norman invasion army. Battle of Yashima Taira forces...

Revolt and successful usurpation by Isaac II Angelos. 1187: Revolt of Alexios Branas against Isaac II Angelos. 1188–1189: Revolt and establishment of a breakaway...

Agnes was eight on her arrival at Constantinople, while Alexios was thirteen. William got Alexios' age wrong (he was born on 14 September 1169) and there...

mid-1186, another army under the general Alexios Branas was sent in. However, instead of fighting the rebels, Branas turned to Constantinople to claim the...

and Asen. John was relieved of command by the Emperor in favour of Alexios Branas, and lived in retirement. He married Irene Angelina, daughter of Andronikos...

military commanders Michael Doukas, brother-in-law of Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118), and Alexios Axouch, who had married the niece of Manuel I Komnenos...

sends a Byzantine expeditionary force under Alexios Branas to suppress the Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion – but Alexios revolts against Isaac and is proclaimed...