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Alexios II Komnenos (Medieval Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός; 14 September 1169: 64 – September 1183), Latinized Alexius II Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. He ascended to the throne as a minor. For the duration of his short reign, the imperial power was de facto held by regents.
The Komnenian (also spelled Comnenian) period comprises the reigns of five emperors, Alexios I, John II, Manuel I, Alexios II and Andronikos I. It was a period of sustained, though ultimately incomplete, restoration of the military, territorial, economic and political position of the Byzantine Empire.
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Alexios I Komnenos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, translit. Aléxios Komnēnós , c. 1057 – 15 August 1118), Latinized Alexius I Comnenus , was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. Although he was not the first emperor of the Komnenian dynasty , it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power and initiated a ...
Dec 12, 2017 · Alexios I Komnenos (Alexius Comnenus) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to 1118 CE. Regarded as one of the great Byzantine rulers, Alexios defeated the Normans, the Pechenegs, and, with the help of the First Crusaders, the Seljuks to put the empire back on its feet after years of decline.
- Mark Cartwright
Alexius II Comnenus was a Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. Alexius was the son of Manuel I Comnenus and Maria, daughter of Raymond, prince of Antioch. When his father died, Alexius became emperor at the age of 11, with his mother as regent. She, in turn, entrusted the government to her.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
But the minority of Manuel’s son Alexios II Komnenos (1180–83) exposed the fragility of the regime inaugurated by Alexios I. Lateral branches of the reigning dynasty seized power in a series of violent usurpations that progressively undermined the security of each usurper, inviting foreign intervention, provincial revolts and attempted coups d’é...
Online Exhibits. God’s Regents on Earth: A Thousand Years of Byzantine Imperial Seals. Rulers of Byzantium. Alexios II Komnenos (1180–1183) A twelve year old child when his father Manuel died, Alexios II’s reign is a brief story of inept regency and opportunistic, long-awaited usurpation.
