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Iazyges/Alexios Komnenos
Mosaic of Alexios Komnenos in Hagia Sophia. He is depicted as a beardless youth, probably at the time of his coronation at 16 or 17 years of age.
Co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Reign1122–1142
Coronation1122 as co-emperor
BornFebruary 1106
Balabista in Macedonia
DiedLate summer 1142
(aged 36)
Attaleia, Pamphylia
SpouseEupraxia-Dobrodjeja of Kiev
Eirene-Kata of Georgia
IssueMaria Komnene
DynastyKomnenoi
FatherJohn II Komnenos
MotherIrene of Hungary

Alexios Komnenos, latinised as Alexius Comnenus (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός), was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos and his wife Eirene of Hungary. He was born in February 1106 at Balabista in Macedonia, was made co-emperor with his father at 16 or 17 years of age and died on 2 August 1142 [1] at Attalia, Pamphylia. He was an elder brother of the emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and had a twin sister, Maria Komnene (plus other siblings).

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  1. ^ Choniates p.22

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