Alexios Komnenos | |
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Emperor of the Romans | |
Byzantine co-emperor | |
Reign | 1119–1142 |
Coronation | 1119 as co-emperor |
Born | October 1106 Balabista, Macedonian Theme (now Sidirokastro, Greece) |
Died | Summer 1142 (aged 36) Attaleia, Pamphylia (now Antalya, Turkey) |
Spouse | Eupraxia-Dobrodjeja of Kiev Eirene-Kata of Georgia |
Issue | Maria Komnene |
Dynasty | Komnenos |
Father | John II Komnenos |
Mother | Irene of Hungary |
Alexios Komnenos, latinised as Alexius Comnenus (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός; October 1106 – summer 1142), and sometimes called Alexios the Younger,[1] was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos and his wife Eirene of Hungary. He was crowned co-emperor in 1119, at 13 of age, but predeceased his father in 1142. He was an elder brother of the emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and had a twin sister, Maria Komnene (plus other siblings).