Manuel I, Emperor of the East

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• Married: Mary of Antioch.
• Reign: From 1143 to 1180; Emperor of the East (Basilius)

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• 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

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He was crowned co-Emperor by Alexios I.

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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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• General Information: Her birth name was Piroska, but following her conversion to the Eastern Orthodox Church and settlement in Constantinople, Piroska was renamed Irene.
• Last Full Review: 13 Aug 2020

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She was a nun when she died.

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• Crowned: 1081; In 1081, he was crowned Basilius, that is the Emperor of the East.
• Reign: From 1081 to 1118; Emperor of the East (Basilius)

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Alexios married Irene Ducas, Augusta in 1078. Irene (daughter of Andronicus Ducas and Maria of Bulgaria) was born in 1066; died on 19 Feb 1127. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Empire of the East

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In 1066, after her husband's death, she became a nun.

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Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1080.

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• Crowned: 1077; He was crowned the King of Hungary in 1077 and ruled until his death.

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Ladislas married Adelaide of Rheinfelden in 1079. Adelaide (daughter of Berthold IV of Zahringen "the Bearded", Count of Ortengen and Richwara of Lorraine and Carinthia) died in 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He held the offices of the curopalates and grand domestic.

John married Anna Dalassena in 1042. Anna (daughter of Alexis Pharo "the Patrician", Perfect of Italy and [name unknown] Dalassene) was born between 1025 and 1030; died between 1100 and 1102. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Crowned: 1081; In 1081, she was crowned Augusta.

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• History: birth to death

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In later life he became as the monk, Antonios.

Andronicus married Maria of Bulgaria before 1066. Maria (daughter of Trojan of Bulgaria, Tsar of West Bulgaria and Kontostephane) died before 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Before 1118, she was a nun named Xene.

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• General Information: Béla's baptismal name was Adalbert.
• Moved To: 1031, Poland; In 1031 he left Hungary, together with his brothers, Levente and Andrew, after the execution of their father, Vazul. Béla settled in Poland
• Moved To: 1048, Hungary; In 1048 he returned to his homeland upon the invitation of his brother Andrew, who had in the meantime been crowned King of Hungary. Andrew assigned the administration of the so-called ducatus or "duchy", which encompassed around one-third of the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary, to Béla.
• Rebellion: About 1057; The two brothers' relationship became tense when Andrew had his own son, Solomon, crowned king, and forced Béla to publicly confirm Solomon's right to the throne in 1057 or 1058. Béla, assisted by his Polish relatives, rebelled against his brother, defeated his brother in two successive battles fought at the river Tisza and at Moson, and dethroned him in 1060.
• Reign: From 1060 to 1063; King of Hungary
• Crowned: 6 Dec 1060, Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary; He was crowned King of Hungary on 6 Dec 1060 at Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary. He ordered that "the wives and sons and all the property of all those who had followed" his nephew to Germany "should be protected and kept safe and sound",[41] which induced many of Solomon's partisans to reconcile themselves to Béla's rule and return to Hungary.
• Last Full Review: 24 Dec 2020

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Béla was fatally injured when his throne collapsed while he was sitting on it. Half dead, he was taken to the western borders of his kingdom, where he died at the creek Kinizsa.

Béla married Richeza, Princess of Hungary between 1039 and 1043. Richeza (daughter of Mieszko II, King of Poland and Richenza of Pfalz-Lorraine, Queen of Poland) was born in 1018; died after 1052. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name is also spelt Rixa. She is traditionally called Richeza, but contemporary sources do not confirm this name. Nowadays it is supposed that she was called Adelaide.
• Living: 1051; She was living in 1051.
• Last Full Review: 24 Dec 2020

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• General Information: His full title was Count in the Ortengen in the Briesgau and Fuergau; Duke of Carinthia; and Marchese of Verna.

Berthold married Richwara of Lorraine and Carinthia about 1032. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]