Alexios II Komnenos

Alexios II Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Portrait of Alexios II from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras
Byzantine emperor
Reign24 September 1180 – September 1183
Coronation1171 as co-emperor
PredecessorManuel I Komnenos
SuccessorAndronikos I Komnenos
Born(1169-09-14)14 September 1169
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
DiedSeptember 1183 (aged 14)
Constantinople
Spouse
(m. 1180)
DynastyKomnenos
FatherManuel I Komnenos
MotherMaria of Antioch

Alexios II Komnenos (Medieval Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός; 14 September 1169[1][2][3]: 64 [a] – September 1183), Latinized Alexius II Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. He ascended to the throne as a minor. For the duration of his short reign, the imperial power was de facto held by regents.

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  2. ^ O city of Byzantium: annals of Niketas Choniates, translated by Magoulias, Harry J., Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1984, ISBN 0-8143-1764-2, p. 383
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  5. ^ van Dieten, J. L., ed. (1975), Nicetae Choniatae historia, Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 169


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