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Generation: 1
1. | Alexies Comnenus (son of Andronikos Komnenos and Irene); died in 1183. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Alexies Comnenus served as a Protostrator.
- Miscellaneous: From 1180 to 1182; During the Empress Maria's regency (1180-1182), he was her Governor and her lover.
Notes:
Died:
He was murdered.
Alexies married Marie Dukaina on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Eudoxia Comnena was born about 1168; died after 4 Nov 1202.
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Generation: 2
3. | Irene died in 1150/51. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Her name is also spelt Eirene.
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Generation: 3
4. | John II Komnenos, Emperor of the East was born on 13 Sep 1087 (son of Alexios I Komnenos, Emperor of the East and Irene Ducas, Augusta); died on 8 Apr 1143 in Cilicia, Empire of the East. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good" (Kaloïōannēs), he was the second emperor to rule during the Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine Empire. John was a pious and dedicated monarch who was determined to undo the damage his empire had suffered following the battle of Manzikert, half a century earlier.
- Crowned: Between 1 Sep 1092 and Nov 1092; He was crowned co-Emperor by Alexios I between 1 Sep 1092 and Nov 1092.
- Reign: From 1118 to 1143; Emperor of the East (Basilius)
- Last Full Review: 13 Aug 2020
Notes:
Name:
Crowned:
He was crowned co-Emperor by Alexios I.
Died:
Having prepared his army for a renewed attack on Antioch, John amused himself by hunting wild boar on Mount Taurus in Cilicia, where, on April 1, 1143, he accidentally cut himself on the hand with a poisoned arrow. John initially ignored the wound and it became infected. He died a number of days after the accident, on April 8, probably of septicaemia.
John married Saint Irene of Hungary, Princess of Hungary in 1104. Irene (daughter of Ladislas I of Hungary "the Saint", King of Hungary and Adelaide of Rheinfelden) was born in 1088; died on 13 Aug 1134 in Bithynia, Empire of the East. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
9. | Irene Ducas, Augusta was born in 1066 (daughter of Andronicus Ducas and Maria of Bulgaria); died on 19 Feb 1127. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: birth to death, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Empire of the East
Notes:
History:
In 1066, after her husband's death, she became a nun.
Notes:
Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1080.
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