Alexios I Komnenos

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Byzantine emperor human monarch

Alexios I Komnenos was a Byzantine emperor (r. 1081–1118) known for stabilizing the empire after a period of crisis, initiating the Komnenian restoration, and appealing to the West in ways that helped spark the First Crusade.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine emperor ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
alliedWith	Crusader leaders of the First Crusade ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ
associatedWith	First Crusade ⓘ
battle	Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ Battle of Levounion ⓘ
birthDate	1048 ⓘ
burialPlace	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
capital	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
child	Anna Komnene ⓘ Isaac Komnenos ⓘ John II Komnenos ⓘ
conflict	wars against the Normans ⓘ wars against the Pechenegs ⓘ wars against the Seljuk Turks ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate	1118 ⓘ
dynasty	Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
era	Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
event	Council of Piacenza ⓘ
fatherInLaw	Andronikos Doukas ⓘ
governmentForm	Byzantine autocracy ⓘ
householdMember	Anna Dalassene ⓘ
implementedPolicy	alliances with Western powers such as Venice ⓘ military and fiscal reforms to strengthen the empire ⓘ
knownFor	appealing to Western Christendom for military aid ⓘ initiating the Komnenian restoration ⓘ role in events leading to the First Crusade ⓘ stabilizing the Byzantine Empire after a period of crisis ⓘ
languageSpoken	Medieval Greek ⓘ
mother	Anna Dalassene ⓘ
nobleFamily	Komnenos ⓘ
notableWork	Komnenian restoration ⓘ
pledgedByOthers	oaths of homage from First Crusade princes ⓘ
positionHeld	Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
predecessor	Nikephoros III Botaneiates NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	1118 ⓘ
reignStart	1081 ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
restoredControlOver	parts of the Balkans ⓘ parts of western Asia Minor ⓘ
soughtAssistanceFrom	Pope Urban II ⓘ
spouse	Irene Doukaina ⓘ
strengthenedInstitution	Byzantine army ⓘ Byzantine navy ⓘ imperial bureaucracy ⓘ
successor	John II Komnenos ⓘ

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hyperpyron → introducedBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → involvedRuler → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ

Komnenos dynasty → keyRuler → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ

First Crusade → notableFigure → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ

Komnenos dynasty → notableMember → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → notableRuler → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ

Emperor of the Romans → significantHolder → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ