| Isaac II Angelos | |||||
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| Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |||||
.png) Portrait of Isaac II (from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras) | |||||
| Byzantine emperor | |||||
| Reign | 12 September 1185 – 8 April 1195 | ||||
| Predecessor | Andronikos I Komnenos | ||||
| Successor | Alexios III Angelos | ||||
| Reign | 19 July 1203 – 27 January 1204 | ||||
| Coronation | 1 August 1203[1] | ||||
| Successor | Alexios V Doukas | ||||
| Co-Emperor | Alexios IV Angelos | ||||
| Born | September 1156 | ||||
| Died | January 1204 (aged 47) Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Spouse | Eirene Komnena or Palaiologina (ended 1185) | ||||
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| Dynasty | Angelos | ||||
| Father | Andronikos Doukas Angelos | ||||
| Mother | Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa | ||||
| Religion | Greek Orthodox | ||||
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, translit. Isaákios Komnēnós Ángelos; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204. In a 1185 revolt against the Emperor Andronikos Komnenos, Isaac seized power and rose to the Byzantine throne, establishing the Angelos family as the new imperial dynasty.
His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a military leader in Asia Minor (c. 1122 – aft. 1185) who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (c. 1125 – aft. 1195). Andronikos Doukas Angelos was the son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene (b. 15 January 1096/1097), the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Thus Isaac was a member of the extended imperial clan of the Komnenoi.