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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Alexios I Komnenos canonical 28
Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos 2
Alexios I Komnenos as a capable ruler 1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ
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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Byzantine Empire → notableRuler → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
First Crusade → notableFigure → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Emperor of the Romans → significantHolder → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
hyperpyron → introducedBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → involvedRuler → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Komnenos dynasty → notableMember → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Komnenos dynasty → keyRuler → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
People's Crusade → supportedBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
Raymond IV of Toulouse → sworeOathTo → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos
Byzantine emperors → positionHeldBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Treaty of Devol → signatory → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Treaty of Devol → participant → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Treaty of Devol → relatedTo → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Norman–Byzantine conflicts → notableCommander → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Anna Komnene's Alexiad → mainSubject → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Anna Komnene's Alexiad → portrays → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexios I Komnenos as a capable ruler
Kykkos Monastery → foundedBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
Siege of Nicaea → commandedBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Middle Byzantine period → hasNotableEmperor → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Byzantine–Seljuk wars → notableCommander → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
stemma (Byzantine imperial crown) → wornBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Count Robert of Paris → mainCharacter → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexius I Comnenus
John II Komnenos → father → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
John II Komnenos → predecessor → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Byzantine armed forces → notableCommander → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Emperor Isaac I Komnenos → relative → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
subject surface form: Isaac I Komnenos
Komnenian restoration → significantPerson → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Anna Dalassene → motherOf → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Anna Dalassene → regencyFor → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Anna Dalassene → courtInfluenceUnder → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Anna Dalassene → politicalAlly → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Anna Dalassene → titleGrantedBy → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Council of Piacenza → relatedTo → Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ