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5 days ago · Manuel I Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Α' Κομνηνός; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized Comnenus, also called Porphyrogennetos ("born in the purple"), was a Byzantine emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. His reign saw the last flowering ...
3 days ago · Theophilos ( Greek: Θεόφιλος, romanized : Theóphilos; Latin: Theophilus, c. 812 – 20 January 842) was the Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842. [1] He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm. [2] Theophilos personally led the armies in his long war against the Arabs ...
- 2 October 829 – 20 January 842
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2 days ago · His book deals with the relations between Byzantium and the West in the period extending from the death of Emperor Basil II in 1025 to the reign of Andronicus II (1282-1328). It focuses on the connections of these relations with the first four crusades launched by the Latin West before 1204, and briefly considers Byzantium's recovery in the ...
4 days ago · This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government. Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro and Shinzo Abe) are excluded.
1 day ago · Cumans had served as mercenaries in the armies of the Byzantine Empire since the reign of Alexios I Komnenos (1081–1118) and were one of the most important elements of the Byzantine army until the mid-14th century.
2 days ago · John II Komnenos or Comnenus was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143.Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good", he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina and the second emperor to rule during the Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine Empire.
5 days ago · One of his scions was even crowned an emperor (John II Komnenos who ruled between 1118 and 1143). 11. The Uprising of Asen and Peter led to the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1185.
