Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAlexios I KOMNENOS Byzantine Emperor, 29G Grandfather
Birthabt 1056
Death15 Aug 1118
FatherJohn KOMNENOS (~1015-1067)
MotherAnna DALASSENE (1025-1102)
Spouses
1Irene DOUKAINA Byzantine Empress, 29G Grandmother
Birthabt 1066, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Death19 Feb 1138
FatherAndronikos DOUKAS (-1077)
MotherMaria Of Bulgaria (->1095)
Marriage1078
ChildrenJohn II Komnenos (1087-1143)
Theodora (1096-)
Notes for Alexios I KOMNENOS Byzantine Emperor
Ruled April 4 1081 to August 15, 1118
A distinguished general, he overthrew Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros III. His reign was dominated by wars against the Normans and Seljuk Turks, as well as the arrival of the First Crusade and the establishment of Crusader states.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos
A distinguished general, he overthrew Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros III. His reign was dominated by wars against the Normans and Seljuk Turks, as well as the arrival of the First Crusade and the establishment of Crusader states.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos
Notes for Irene (Spouse 1)
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire 1081 to 1118
Conspired with her oldest daughter Anna against her son John attempting to place Nikephoros, Anna’s husband, on the throne. Nikephorus refused and the conspiricy collapsed.
Conspired with her oldest daughter Anna against her son John attempting to place Nikephoros, Anna’s husband, on the throne. Nikephorus refused and the conspiricy collapsed.