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Key facts
- Reign
- 24 September 1180 – September 1183
- Coronation
- 1171 as co-emperor
- Predecessor
- Manuel I Komnenos
- Successor
- Andronikos I Komnenos
- Born
- ( 1169-09-14 ) 14 September 1169, Constantinople , (now Istanbul , Turkey )
- Died
- September 1183 (aged 14), Constantinople
- Spouse
- Anna of France ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1180 )
- Dynasty
- Komnenos
- Father
- Manuel I Komnenos
- Mother
- Maria of Antioch
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Constantinople
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Spouse
- Agnes of France
- Father
- Manuel I Komnenos
- Mother
- Maria of Antioch
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- Byzantine emperor
- Family
- Komnenos
- Image
- Alexios II - komnenos.jpg
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- cause of death
- drowning
- date of birth
- 1169-09-10
- date of death
- 1183-09-24
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons category
- Alexios II Komnenos
- name in native language
- Αλέξιος Β’ Κομνηνός
- place of burial
- Berlin
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexios II Komnenos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, romanized: Aléxios Komnēnós; 14 September 1169 – September 1183), Latinized Alexius II Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. He ascended to the throne as a minor. For the duration of his short reign, the imperial power was de facto held by regents.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alexios II Komnenos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.