User:Iazyges/Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)
| Iazyges/Alexios Komnenos | |
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 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 | |
| Reign | 1122–1142 |
| Coronation | 1122 as co-emperor |
| Born | February 1106 Balabista in Macedonia |
| Died | Late summer 1142 (aged 36) Attaleia, Pamphylia |
| Spouse | Eupraxia-Dobrodjeja of Kiev Eirene-Kata of Georgia |
| Issue | Maria Komnene |
| Dynasty | Komnenoi |
| Father | John II Komnenos |
| Mother | Irene 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).
History
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[edit]- ^ Choniates p.22