Komnenos dynasty

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Byzantine dynasty royal house

The Komnenos dynasty was a prominent Byzantine ruling family that led a military and cultural revival of the empire during the 11th and 12th centuries.

Aliases (1)

Komnenos family ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine dynasty → royal house →
associatedPerson	Anna Komnene →
associatedWork	Anna Komnene's Alexiad → surface form: "Alexiad"
capital	Constantinople (probable) → surface form: "Constantinople"
coatOfArms	double-headed eagle (later association) →
country	Byzantine Empire →
decline	overthrow and death of Andronikos I Komnenos in 1185 →
dissolved	15th century →
dynasticBranch	Empire of Trebizond → Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond →
era	Middle Byzantine period →
foundedBy	Emperor Isaac I Komnenos → surface form: "Isaac I Komnenos"
founder	Emperor Isaac I Komnenos → surface form: "Isaac I Komnenos"
governmentForm	hereditary monarchy →
houseType	imperial family →
inception	1057 →
keyRuler	Alexios I Komnenos → John II Komnenos → Manuel I Komnenos →
knownFor	administrative reforms → cultural revival of the Byzantine Empire → military revival of the Byzantine Empire → strengthening of the Byzantine aristocracy →
language	Medieval Greek →
memberOf	Byzantine aristocracy →
namedAfter	Komnenos dynasty → surface form: "Komnenos family"
nativeName	Κομνηνοί →
notableMember	Alexios I Komnenos → Andronikos I Komnenos → Anna Komnene → Emperor Isaac I Komnenos → surface form: "Isaac I Komnenos" John II Komnenos → Manuel I Komnenos →
politicalStatus	ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire →
precededBy	Doukas dynasty →
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity → surface form: "Eastern Orthodox Church"
riseToPower	overthrow of the Doukas dynasty in 1081 →
significantEvent	Norman–Byzantine conflicts → surface form: "Byzantine–Norman wars" Byzantine–Seljuk wars → First Crusade → Komnenian restoration → Second Crusade →
succeededBy	Angelid dynasty →
territorialExtent	Anatolia → Balkans → parts of Italy →
timePeriod	11th century → 12th century →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexios I Komnenos → dynasty → Komnenos dynasty →

Byzantine Empire → dynasty → Komnenos dynasty →

Komnenos dynasty → namedAfter → Komnenos dynasty →

this entity surface form: "Komnenos family"