
Alexios I Komnenos was a Byzantine emperor who ruled from 1048 to 1118 and is remembered for stabilizing the Byzantine Empire after a period of decline and military setbacks. His reign mattered because he reformed the military and government, recovered lost territories, and launched the First Crusade by appealing to Western Christian powers for help against Turkish invasions.
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DynastyKomnenian FatherJohn Komnenos MotherAnna Dalassene ReligionEastern Orthodox
Alexios I Komnenos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, romanized: Aléxios Komnēnós, c. 1057 – 15 August 1118), Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. After usurping the throne he was faced with a collapsing empire and constant warfare throughout his reign. Alexios was able to curb the Byzantine decline and begin the military, financial, and territorial recovery known as the Komnenian restoration. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Seljuk Turks were the catalyst that sparked the First Crusade. Although he was not the first emperor of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power and initiated a hereditary succession to the throne.
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