Manuel I Komnenos

Manuel I Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Manuscript miniature, part of double portrait with Empress Maria, Vatican Library
Byzantine emperor
Reign8 April 1143 – 24 September 1180
PredecessorJohn II Komnenos
SuccessorAlexios II Komnenos
Born28 November 1118
Died24 September 1180(1180-09-24) (aged 61)
SpousesBertha of Sulzbach
Maria of Antioch
IssueMaria Komnene
Alexios II Komnenos
HouseKomnenian dynasty
FatherJohn II Komnenos
MotherIrene of Hungary
ReligionEastern Orthodox Christian

Manuel I Komnenos (28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized as Comnenus, also called Porphyrogenitus was a Byzantine emperor of the 12th century. Manuel Komnenos was the fourth son of John II Komnenos and Irene of Hungary.

References

  1. ↑ Gibbon, The decline and fall of the Roman Empire, 72

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