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Alejo I Comneno (en griego: Ἀλέξιος Αʹ Κομνηνός; 1048-15 de agosto de 1118) fue emperador bizantino entre 1081 y 1118. Fue el tercer hijo de Juan Comneno y Ana Dalasena 1 y sobrino de Isaac I Comneno, emperador entre 1057 y 1059.
- 15 de agosto de 1118, Constantinopla (Imperio bizantino)
- Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός
- Alejo Comneno
- Succession & Family
- Military Campaigns
- Trade Deals
- Internal Affairs
- Death & Successor
Alexios came from a military family from Asia Minor, and he had royal blood for he was the nephew of Emperor Isaac Komnenos (r. 1057-1059 CE). Alexios' father was John Komnenos, a senior military commander of the imperial guard (domestikos of the Scholai), and his mother, Anna Dalassena, was from a respected aristocratic family. In 1078 CE he marri...
The Norman Invasion The Byzantine Empire had been shrinking during the 11th century CE, but Alexios would oversee a string of victories against the peoples harassing the borders of his kingdom. The first group to be driven back and the most dangerous were the Normans. These descendants of Vikings, who had already conquered Byzantine territories in ...
Alexios' policies towards Venice would have significant consequences. In 1082 CE the Venetians were granted unrestricted trade across the Byzantine Empire, exemption from customs duties (10% of sales at the time), and even the odd warehouse and quay in Constantinople. This was in return for their crucial naval help in battling the Normans, but it w...
Things were not always tranquil at home for Alexios either, with a revolt springing up in 1095 CE. Led by Nikephoros Diogenes, the plot was quashed, and emperor's mother had the ringleader blinded. Alexios, understandably, reorganised the Byzantine court titles as part of his restructuring of the state bureaucracy where he mainly placed family conn...
When Alexios died of disease on 15 August 1118 CE, his son John became emperor as John II Komnenos. One of his first acts was to banish his scheming sister Anna to a monastery, but at least this allowed her to write her Alexiadhistory in peace. John reigned until 1143 CE, and he would continue the military successes of his father with victories in ...
- Mark Cartwright
Alexius I Comnenus (born 1057, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died August 15, 1118) was the Byzantine emperor (1081–1118) at the time of the First Crusade who founded the Comnenian dynasty and partially restored the strength of the empire after its defeats by the Normans and Turks in the 11th century.
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the Komnenos dynasty for a period of 104 years, from 1081 to about 1185. 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 ...
- Constantinople
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Semi-feudal Monarchy
Alexios I Komnenos (griego: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, 1057 - 15 de agosto de 1118; latinizado Alejo I Comneno) fue emperador bizantino desde 1081 hasta 1118. Aunque no fue el primer emperador de la dinastía Komnenian, fue durante su reinado que la familia Komneno llegó a pleno poder e inició una sucesión hereditaria al trono.
Alexius I Comnenus, (born 1048, Constantinople—died Aug. 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081–1118). An experienced military leader, he seized the Byzantine throne in 1081, driving back the invading Norman s and Turks and founding the Comnenian dynasty.
17 de jul. de 2017 · Alexius Comnenus, also known as Alexios Komnenos, is perhaps best known for seizing the throne from Nicephorus III and founding the Comnenus dynasty. As emperor, Alexius stabilized the government of the empire. He was also Emperor during the First Crusade.
