Alexius I Comnenus

1048 - 1118  (70 years)

• Name	Alexius I Comnenus
  Birth	1048
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Aug 1118
  Person ID	I56196	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2002

  
  

  Father	John Comnenus,   b. Abt 1020   d. 1067 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Anita Dalassena,   b. Abt 1025   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F23631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irene Ducena,   b. Abt 1065   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1078
  Children	1. Theodora Cominena,   b. Abt 1100   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F23627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Notes

  was the Byzantine Emporer from 1081 to 1118. The quarter century just preceeding his reign, from 1056 to 1081, is referred to by Byzantine historians as "the time of troubles". The last emporer of the Macedonian Dynasty, Constantine IX (d.1055)(RIN 2353), was succeeded for about a year by his sister-in-law, then by a series of weak and unrelated emporers, one of whom (1057-59) was Alexius' uncle, Isaac I (RIN 3394*). This weakening of the Empire from within bore the seeds of the crusader movement in Western Europe. Foreign pressures on all frontiers greatly reduced the area conrolled by the Empire. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site