John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)

John Komnenos
Lead seal of John Komnenos as kouropalates and Domestic of the Schools
Bornc. 1015
Died12 July 1067 (aged 51–52)
SpouseAnna Dalassene
Issue
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HouseKomnenos
FatherManuel Erotikos Komnenos
ReligionEastern Orthodox

John Komnenos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός, Iōannēs Komnēnos; c. 1015 – 12 July 1067) was a Byzantine aristocrat and military leader. The younger brother of Emperor Isaac I Komnenos, he served as Domestic of the Schools during Isaac's brief reign (1057–59). When Isaac I abdicated, Constantine X Doukas became emperor and John withdrew from public life until his death in 1067. Through his son Alexios I Komnenos, who became emperor in 1081, he was the progenitor of the Komnenian dynasty that ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1081 until 1185, and the Empire of Trebizond from 1204 until 1461.