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Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, translit. Isaákios Komnēnós Ángelos ; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204.
- 12 September 1185 –, 8 April 1195
- Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
Meanwhile, in Constantinople, the deposed Isaac II Angelos and his son Alexios IV Angelos were both in prison following the coup of Alexius III Angelos. [14] [19] However, Isaac was not destined to spend the rest of his days in jail; his young son Alexios IV escaped prison in the summer of 1203 and fled to the court of Philip of Swabia, the ...
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Isaákios Komnēnós Ángelos; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204. In a 1185 revolt against the Emperor Andronikos Komnenos, Isaac seized power and rose to the Byzantine throne, establishing the Angelos family as the new imperial dynasty.
Manuel Erotikos Komnenos was the father of Isaac I Komnenos (r. 1057–1059), and grandfather, through Isaac's younger brother John Komnenos, of Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118). Founding the dynasty. Isaac I Komnenos, a stratopedarch of the East under Michael VI, founded the Komnenos dynasty of Byzantine emperors. In 1057 Isaac led a coup ...
- 10th century, 1057 (as imperial family)
In a 1185 revolt against the Emperor Andronikos Komnenos, Isaac seized power and rose to the Byzantine throne, establishing the Angelos family as the new imperial dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac II Angelos has received more than 544,647 page views.
Isaac II Angelus (or Isaakios Angelos) (September 1156-1204), was the Byzantine emperor from 1185-1195, and again 1203-1204. He was a grandson of Theodora Comnena Porphyrogenita, youngest daughter of Emperor Alexius I, and thus a member of the extended imperial clan. In 1185, during Emperor Andronicus I Comnenus's absence from the capital, the ...
Isaac II Angelos (1185-1195, 1203-1204) added to the Anemas complex by building a large residential tower (Tower B14) next to the “Tower of Anemas”. While the Great Palace complex continued to be used, the Palace of Blachernai became the main imperial residence under the Komnenians.
