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class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Religious matters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religious_matters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_exploits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_exploits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Military exploits</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Military_exploits-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Military exploits subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Military_exploits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-The_Pechenegs_destroyed_(1122)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Pechenegs_destroyed_(1122)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>The Pechenegs destroyed (1122)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Pechenegs_destroyed_(1122)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conflict_with_Venice_(1124–1126)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conflict_with_Venice_(1124–1126)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Conflict with Venice (1124–1126)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conflict_with_Venice_(1124–1126)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-War_with_the_Hungarians_and_Serbs_(1127–1129_–_chronology_uncertain)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#War_with_the_Hungarians_and_Serbs_(1127–1129_–_chronology_uncertain)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>War with the Hungarians and Serbs (1127–1129 – chronology uncertain)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-War_with_the_Hungarians_and_Serbs_(1127–1129_–_chronology_uncertain)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-War_of_attrition_against_the_Anatolian_Turks_(1119–20,_1130–35,_1139–40)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#War_of_attrition_against_the_Anatolian_Turks_(1119–20,_1130–35,_1139–40)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>War of attrition against the Anatolian Turks (1119–20, 1130–35, 1139–40)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-War_of_attrition_against_the_Anatolian_Turks_(1119–20,_1130–35,_1139–40)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campaigning_in_Cilicia_and_Syria_(1137–1138)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campaigning_in_Cilicia_and_Syria_(1137–1138)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Campaigning in Cilicia and Syria (1137–1138)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campaigning_in_Cilicia_and_Syria_(1137–1138)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_campaigns_(1142)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_campaigns_(1142)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Final campaigns (1142)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_campaigns_(1142)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Death_and_succession" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Death_and_succession"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Death and succession</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Death_and_succession-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_legacy_of_John_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_legacy_of_John_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>The legacy of John II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_legacy_of_John_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Family" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Family"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Family</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Family-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ancestry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ancestry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Ancestry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ancestry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">John II Komnenos</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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(Byzanz) – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Johannes II. (Byzanz)" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86" title="يوحنا الثاني كومنين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="يوحنا الثاني كومنين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuan_II_Comneno" title="Chuan II Comneno – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Chuan II Comneno" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3)" title="ایکینجی ژان (بیزانس) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ایکینجی ژان (بیزانس)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Іаан II Камнін – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Іаан II Камнін" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Йоан II Комнин – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Йоан II Комнин" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_II_Komnen" title="Ivan II Komnen – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Ivan II Komnen" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_II_Comn%C3%A8" title="Joan II Comnè – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Joan II Comnè" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_II._Komnenos" title="Jan II. Komnenos – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jan II. Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_II_Komnenos" title="Ioan II Komnenos – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ioan II Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_2._Komnenos" title="Johannes 2. Komnenos – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Johannes 2. Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_II._(Byzanz)" title="Johannes II. (Byzanz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Johannes II. (Byzanz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_II_Komnenos" title="Johannes II Komnenos – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Johannes II Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82" title="Ιωάννης Β΄ Κομνηνός – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ιωάννης Β΄ Κομνηνός" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_II_Comneno" title="Juan II Comneno – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Juan II Comneno" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johano_la_2-a_Komneno" title="Johano la 2-a Komneno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Johano la 2-a Komneno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_II.a_Komneno" title="Joan II.a Komneno – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Joan II.a Komneno" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="ژان دوم، امپراتور بیزانس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ژان دوم، امپراتور بیزانس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_II_Comn%C3%A8ne" title="Jean II Comnène – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jean II Comnène" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xo%C3%A1n_II_Comneno" title="Xoán II Comneno – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Xoán II Comneno" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%94%EC%95%88%EB%8B%88%EC%8A%A4_2%EC%84%B8" title="요안니스 2세 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="요안니스 2세" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD_II_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%BD" title="Հովհաննես II Կոմնենոս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հովհաննես II Կոմնենոս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_II._Komnen" title="Ivan II. Komnen – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ivan II. Komnen" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_II_Komnenos" title="Ioannes II Komnenos – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ioannes II Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_II_Comneno" title="Giovanni II Comneno – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Giovanni II Comneno" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1,_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA" title="יוחנן השני קומננוס, קיסר האימפריה הביזנטית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יוחנן השני קומננוס, קיסר האימפריה הביזנטית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94_II_(%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="იოანე II (ბიზანტია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იოანე II (ბიზანტია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Иоанн II Комнин – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Иоанн II Комнин" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_II_Comnenus" title="Ioannes II Comnenus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ioannes II Comnenus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_II_Komninas" title="Jonas II Komninas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jonas II Komninas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._I%C3%B3ann%C3%A9sz_biz%C3%A1nci_cs%C3%A1sz%C3%A1r" title="II. Ióannész bizánci császár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="II. Ióannész bizánci császár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Јован II Комнин – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јован II Комнин" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86" title="يوحنا التانى كومنين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="يوحنا التانى كومنين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_II_Komnenos" title="Johannes II Komnenos – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Johannes II Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B92%E4%B8%96%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8D%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B9" title="ヨハネス2世コムネノス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヨハネス2世コムネノス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_II_Komnenos" title="Johannes II Komnenos – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Johannes II Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%87%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3" title="دوهم جان کومننوس – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="دوهم جان کومننوس" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_II_Komnen" title="Jan II Komnen – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Jan II Komnen" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_II_Comneno" title="João II Comneno – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="João II Comneno" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_al_II-lea_Comnenul" title="Ioan al II-lea Comnenul – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ioan al II-lea Comnenul" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Иоанн II Комнин – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Иоанн II Комнин" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_II._(Byzantsk%C3%A1_r%C3%AD%C5%A1a)" title="Ján II. (Byzantská ríša) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Ján II. (Byzantská ríša)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_II._Komnen" title="Ivan II. Komnen – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Ivan II. Komnen" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Јован II Комнин – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јован II Комнин" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovan_II_Komnin" title="Jovan II Komnin – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Jovan II Komnin" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_II_Komnenos" title="Johannes II Komnenos – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Johannes II Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_II_Komnenos" title="Johannes II Komnenos – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Johannes II Komnenos" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_2_%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA" title="จักรพรรดิจอห์นที่ 2 โคมเนนอส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จักรพรรดิจอห์นที่ 2 โคมเนนอส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._%C4%B0oannis" title="II. İoannis – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="II. İoannis" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Іоанн II Комнін – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Іоанн II Комнін" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3" title="جان دوم کومنینوس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="جان دوم کومنینوس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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color:inherit; font-size: 125%">John II Komnenos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors" title="List of Byzantine emperors">Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean_II_Comnene.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Jean_II_Comnene.jpg/220px-Jean_II_Comnene.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="351" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Jean_II_Comnene.jpg/330px-Jean_II_Comnene.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Jean_II_Comnene.jpg/440px-Jean_II_Comnene.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="1681" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Mosaic of John II at the <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine emperor">Byzantine emperor</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">15 August 1118 – 8 April 1143</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Byzantine_emperor" title="Coronation of the Byzantine emperor">Coronation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1092 <i>as co-emperor</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I Komnenos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Co-emperor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios the Younger</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">13 September 1087<br /><a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a><br />(now <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">8 April 1143<span style="display:none">(1143-04-08)</span> (aged 55)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cilicia" title="Cilicia">Cilicia</a>, Byzantine Empire<br />(now <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Region,_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Region, Turkey">Mediterranean Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label">Monastery of Christ Pantocrator, Constantinople <br />(now <a href="/wiki/Zeyrek_Mosque" title="Zeyrek Mosque">Zeyrek Mosque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Irene_of_Hungary" title="Irene of Hungary">Irene of Hungary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios the Younger</a><br />Maria Komnene<br /><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II_Komnenos)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andronikos Komnenos (son of John II Komnenos)">Andronikos Komnenos</a><br />Anna Komnene<br /><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II)" title="Isaac Komnenos (son of John II)">Isaac Komnenos</a><br />Theodora Komnene<br />Eudokia Komnene<br /><a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I Komnenos</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">John Komnenos<br /><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ιωάννης Κομνηνός</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Komnenos" title="Komnenos">Komnenian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Irene_Doukaina" title="Irene Doukaina">Irene Doukaina</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="notpageimage infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_II_Komnenos_Signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="John II Komnenos's signature"><img alt="John II Komnenos's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_II_Komnenos_Signature.png/125px-John_II_Komnenos_Signature.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_II_Komnenos_Signature.png/188px-John_II_Komnenos_Signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_II_Komnenos_Signature.png/250px-John_II_Komnenos_Signature.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1300" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John II Komnenos</b> or <b>Comnenus</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ἱωάννης ὁ Κομνηνός</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Iōannēs ho Komnēnos</i></span>; 13 September 1087 – 8 April 1143) was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors" title="List of Byzantine emperors">Byzantine emperor</a> from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "<b>John the Beautiful</b>" or "<b>John the Good</b>" (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Καλοϊωάννης</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Kaloïōannēs</i></span>), he was the eldest son of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irene_Doukaina" title="Irene Doukaina">Irene Doukaina</a> and the second emperor to rule during the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Komnenos_dynasty" title="Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty">Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine Empire</a>. As he was born to a reigning emperor, he had the status of a <span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Born_in_the_purple" title="Born in the purple">porphyrogennetos</a></i></span>. John was a pious and dedicated monarch who was determined to undo the damage his empire had suffered following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manzikert" title="Battle of Manzikert">Battle of Manzikert</a>, half a century earlier. </p><p>John has been assessed as the greatest of the Komnenian emperors.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This view became entrenched due to its espousal by <a href="/wiki/George_Ostrogorsky" title="George Ostrogorsky">George Ostrogorsky</a> in his influential book <i>History of the Byzantine State</i>, where John is described as a ruler who, "... combined clever prudence with purposeful energy ... and [was] high principled beyond his day."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the course of the quarter-century of his reign, John made alliances with the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> in the west, decisively defeated the <a href="/wiki/Pechenegs" title="Pechenegs">Pechenegs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungarians" title="Hungarians">Hungarians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>, and personally led numerous campaigns against the <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>. John's campaigns fundamentally changed the balance of power in the east, forcing the Turks onto the defensive; they also led to the recapture of many towns, fortresses and cities across the Anatolian peninsula. In the southeast, John extended Byzantine control from the <a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Menderes_River" title="Büyük Menderes River">Maeander</a> in the west all the way to <a href="/wiki/Cilicia" title="Cilicia">Cilicia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tarsus_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarsus (city)">Tarsus</a> in the east. In an effort to demonstrate the Byzantine ideal of the emperor's role as the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> world, John marched into <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> at the head of the combined forces of Byzantium and the <a href="/wiki/Crusader_states" title="Crusader states">Crusader states</a>; yet despite the great vigour with which he pressed the campaign, John's hopes were disappointed by the evasiveness of his Crusader allies and their reluctance to fight alongside his forces. </p><p>Under John, the empire's population recovered to about 10 million people.<sup id="cite_ref-Treadgold700_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Treadgold700-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quarter-century of John II's reign is less well recorded by contemporary or near-contemporary writers than the reigns of either his father, <a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I</a>, or his son, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I</a>. In particular little is known of the history of John's domestic rule or policies.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_appearance_and_character">Physical appearance and character</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Physical appearance and character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_II_crop.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/John_II_crop.png/220px-John_II_crop.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/John_II_crop.png/330px-John_II_crop.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/John_II_crop.png/440px-John_II_crop.png 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="760" /></a><figcaption>John II Komnenos – a conjectural digital replacement of facial features damaged on the original mosaic in Hagia Sophia</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Medieval_Latin" title="Medieval Latin">Latin</a> historian <a href="/wiki/William_of_Tyre" title="William of Tyre">William of Tyre</a> described John as short and unusually ugly, with eyes, hair and complexion so dark he was known as 'the <a href="/wiki/Moors" title="Moors">Moor</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yet despite his physical appearance, John was known as <i>Kaloïōannēs</i>, "John the Good" or "John the Beautiful"; the epithet referred to his character. Both his parents were unusually pious and John surpassed them. Members of his court were expected to restrict their conversation to serious subjects only. The food served at the emperor's table was very frugal and John lectured courtiers who lived in excessive luxury. His speech was dignified, but he engaged in repartee on occasion. All accounts agree that he was a faithful husband to his wife, an unusual trait in a medieval ruler. Despite his personal austerity, John had a high conception of the imperial role and would appear in full ceremonial splendour when this was advantageous.<sup id="cite_ref-Choniates,_p._27_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Choniates,_p._27-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John was famed for his piety and his remarkably mild and just reign. He is considered an exceptional example of a moral ruler, at a time when cruelty was the norm. He is reputed never to have condemned anyone to death or mutilation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charity was dispensed lavishly. For this reason, he has been called the Byzantine <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the example of his personal morality and piety he effected a notable improvement in the manners of his age. Descriptions of him and his actions indicate that he had great self-control and personal courage, and was an excellent strategist and general.<sup id="cite_ref-Choniates,_p._27_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Choniates,_p._27-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John was born on 13 September 1087, the third child and first son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and his wife Irene Doukaina. <a href="/wiki/Joannes_Zonaras" title="Joannes Zonaras">Joannes Zonaras</a> describes John's birth, "And then a son was born to the emperor, who was honoured with the holy baptism in the holy church of <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a> by the Patriarch. He was named John and his father then crowned him with a diadem".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a young age he was associated with his father as co-emperor, sometime between 1 September and early November, 1092.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first act in the name of both emperors was issued on 15 November 1092. The occasion of John's elevation was celebrated by a special issue of coins with his parents depicted on the reverse and John crowned by Christ on the obverse.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexios I arranged a dynastic marriage for John. In 1104 or early 1105 John was married to the Hungarian princess <a href="/wiki/Piroska_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Piroska of Hungary">Piroska</a>, daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_I_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus I of Hungary">Ladislaus I of Hungary</a>. She was given the Greek name Irene, meaning 'peace', in Byzantium. This marriage sealed a political alliance, which would strengthen Byzantium's position in the Balkans and Adriatic.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1106 Alexios I was campaigning against the <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a>, most probably accompanied by his son John. At this time John's wife was heavily pregnant, she was with her husband on campaign, giving birth to twins, <a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios</a> and Maria, in <a href="/wiki/Sidirokastro" title="Sidirokastro">Balabista</a>, Macedonia. The question arises as to why the birth was not in Constantinople. It is reasonably supposed that John did not wish to leave his unsupported wife under the control of his mother, who would have had authority in Constantinople in the absence of both emperors.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1108, the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Devol" title="Treaty of Devol">Treaty of Devol</a> recorded the submission of the defeated <a href="/wiki/Bohemond_I_of_Antioch" title="Bohemond I of Antioch">Bohemond I of Antioch</a> to " ... the great Emperor Kyr[ios] Alexios Komnenos and of your thrice-loved son, Emperor Kyr John born in the purple". This leaves no doubt as to John's status as co-emperor and heir apparent.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accession_to_the_throne">Accession to the throne</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Accession to the throne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan2_Alexios1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Jan2_Alexios1.jpg/220px-Jan2_Alexios1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="376" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Jan2_Alexios1.jpg/330px-Jan2_Alexios1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Jan2_Alexios1.jpg/440px-Jan2_Alexios1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="950" /></a><figcaption>John II (left) and his eldest son Alexios, crowned by Christ. Byzantine manuscript, early 12th century</figcaption></figure> <p>John II succeeded his father as ruling <i>basileus</i> in 1118. Despite his earlier coronation as co-emperor, the accession of John was contested. That Alexios I favoured John to succeed him is made obvious by the elevation of his son to the position of co-emperor. However, Alexios' influential wife, <a href="/wiki/Irene_Doukaina" title="Irene Doukaina">Irene</a>, favoured the <i><a href="/wiki/Caesar_(title)" title="Caesar (title)">Caesar</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_Bryennios_the_Younger" title="Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger">Nikephoros Bryennios</a>, the husband of her eldest child <a href="/wiki/Anna_Komnene" title="Anna Komnene">Anna Komnene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Magdalino,_p._207_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Magdalino,_p._207-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anna, who in infancy had been betrothed to her father's first co-emperor <a href="/wiki/Constantine_Doukas_(co-emperor)" title="Constantine Doukas (co-emperor)">Constantine Doukas</a>, herself harboured obvious aspirations to power and the throne. During Alexios' final illness both wife and daughter exploited his physical weakness to apply pressure on him in support of their agenda for the succession. Alexios endured these constant demands without formally changing his intended successor. As Alexios lay dying in the monastery of the Mangana on 15 August 1118, John, relying on trusted relatives, especially his brother <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_Alexios_I)" title="Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I)">Isaac Komnenos</a>, gained entry into the monastery and obtained the imperial signet ring from his father. He then assembled his armed followers and rode to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Palace_of_Constantinople" title="Great Palace of Constantinople">Great Palace</a>, gathering the support of the citizenry on the way. The palace guard at first refused to admit John without clear proof of his father's wishes, however, the mob surrounding the new emperor simply forced an entry. In the palace John was acclaimed emperor. Irene, taken by surprise, was unable either to persuade her son to step down, or to induce Nikephoros to contend for the throne.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a recent biography of Anna, however, this account of events has been disputed, in particular the involvement of John's sister in any palace coup attempt during the days around Alexios' death, has been questioned.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The weight of historical opinion remains that Anna tried at least twice to usurp her brother's throne, resulting in her eventual perennial 'house arrest'. Anna later complained that John and his successor, her nephew Emperor Manuel, kept her isolated from society for 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alexios died the night following his son's decisive move to take power. John refused to attend his father's funeral, despite the pleas of his mother, because he feared a counter-coup. However, in the space of a few days, his position seemed secure. Within a year of his accession, however, John II uncovered a conspiracy to overthrow him which implicated his mother and sister.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anna's husband Nikephoros had little sympathy with her ambitions, and it was his lack of support which doomed the conspiracy. Anna was stripped of her property, which was offered to the emperor's friend <a href="/wiki/John_Axouch" title="John Axouch">John Axouch</a>. Axouch wisely declined and his influence ensured that Anna's property was eventually returned to her and that John II and his sister became reconciled, at least to a degree. Irene retired to a monastery and Anna seems to have been effectively removed from public life, taking up the less active occupation of historian. However, Nikephoros remained on good terms with his brother-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._152_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._152-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the very few records of John's own words concerns the plot against him; he says that after ascending the throne, God "destroyed the cunning plots of my visible and invisible enemies and rescued me from every trap subjecting all my enemies under my feet".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To safeguard his own succession, John <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Byzantine_emperor" title="Coronation of the Byzantine emperor">crowned</a> his young son <a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios</a> as co-emperor around September 1119.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_and_civil_administration">Military and civil administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Military and civil administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The family intrigues that challenged his succession to the throne probably contributed to John's approach to rulership, which was to appoint men from outside the imperial family to high office. This was a radical departure from the methods of his father, who had used the imperial family and its many connections to fill almost all senior administrative and military posts.<sup id="cite_ref-Magdalino,_p._207_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Magdalino,_p._207-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John Axouch was John II's closest adviser and was his only intimate friend. Axouch was a Turk captured as a child at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nicaea" title="Siege of Nicaea">Siege of Nicaea</a>, who had been given as a gift to John's father. Emperor Alexios had thought him a good companion for his son, and so he had been brought up alongside the prince in the imperial household. Axouch was immediately appointed <a href="/wiki/Grand_Domestic" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Domestic">Grand Domestic</a> (in Greek: μέγας δομέστικος, <i>megas domestikos</i>), upon the accession of John II. The Grand Domestic was the commander in chief of the Byzantine armies. It has been suggested that references to Axouch's possession of the imperial seal early in the reign of John's successor Manuel I meant that he was, in addition to his military duties, the head of the civil administration of the Empire. This was an unofficial position known at the time as the <i><a href="/wiki/Mesazon" title="Mesazon">mesazon</a></i>, and equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/Vizier" title="Vizier">vizier</a> or 'prime-minister.'<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such an appointment was remarkable, and a radical departure from the nepotism that had characterised the reign of Alexios I. The imperial family harboured some degree of resentment at this decision, which was reinforced by the fact that they were required to make <a href="/wiki/Obeisance" class="mw-redirect" title="Obeisance">obeisance</a> to John Axouch whenever they met him.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John's unwillingness to allow his family to influence his government to any great extent was to remain constant for the rest of his reign. John appointed a number of his father's former officials to senior administrative posts, men such as <a href="/wiki/Eustathios_Kamytzes" title="Eustathios Kamytzes">Eustathios Kamytzes</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michaelitzes_Styppeiotes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michaelitzes Styppeiotes (page does not exist)">Michaelitzes Styppeiotes</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Dekanos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Dekanos (page does not exist)">George Dekanos</a>. These were men who had been politically eclipsed during the ascendancy exercised by John's mother in the later years of the reign of Alexios I.<sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._152_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._152-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of 'new men' were raised to prominence by John II, these included <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gregory_Taronites_(%27%27protovestiarios%27%27)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gregory Taronites (''protovestiarios'') (page does not exist)">Gregory Taronites</a> who was appointed <a href="/wiki/Protovestiarios" title="Protovestiarios">protovestiarios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Anemas" title="Manuel Anemas">Manuel Anemas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Vatatzes" title="Theodore Vatatzes">Theodore Vatatzes</a>, the latter two also became his sons-in-law. John's marriage policy, of bringing new families into the imperial orbit, may have been directed towards lessening the influence of certain prominent aristocratic clans, such as the Doukas, Diogenes and Melissenos families, some of which had produced emperors themselves in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite his move away from close reliance on the imperial family and its connections, John's court and government had many similarities to that of his father, not least in its serious tone and piety. Indeed, an extant collection of political advice couched in poetic form, called the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mousai_(John_II_Komnenos)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mousai (John II Komnenos) (page does not exist)">Mousai</a></i>, are attributed to Alexios I. The <i>Mousai</i> are addressed directly to John II and exhort him, amongst other things, to maintain justice during his reign and a full treasury. Alexios' advice on rulership therefore continued to be available to his son, even after the old emperor's death.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The increase in military security and economic stability within Byzantine western Anatolia created by John II's campaigns allowed him to begin the establishment of a formal provincial system in these regions. The theme (province) of <a href="/wiki/Thrakesion" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrakesion">Thrakesion</a> was re-established, with its administrative centre at <a href="/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir" title="Alaşehir">Philadelphia</a>. A new theme, named <a href="/wiki/Mylasa_and_Melanoudion" title="Mylasa and Melanoudion">Mylasa and Melanoudion</a>, was created to the south of Thrakesion.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conspiracies_of_the_sebastokrator_Isaac">Conspiracies of the <i>sebastokrator</i> Isaac</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Conspiracies of the sebastokrator Isaac"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Isaac_Komnenos_the_Porphyrogennetos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Isaac_Komnenos_the_Porphyrogennetos.jpg/220px-Isaac_Komnenos_the_Porphyrogennetos.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Isaac_Komnenos_the_Porphyrogennetos.jpg/330px-Isaac_Komnenos_the_Porphyrogennetos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Isaac_Komnenos_the_Porphyrogennetos.jpg/440px-Isaac_Komnenos_the_Porphyrogennetos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption>Isaac Komnenos, mosaic of from the Chora Church</figcaption></figure> <p>The younger brother of John II, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_Alexios_I)" title="Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I)">Isaac</a>, had been of essential support during the accession crisis. However, despite being given the highest of court titles, that of <i><a href="/wiki/Sebastokrator" title="Sebastokrator">sebastokrator</a></i>, Isaac later became estranged from his brother and became an active conspirator. With trusted advisors of his own choosing, such as John Axouch, and later the support of his son and co-emperor, Alexios, John II offered no meaningful role to Isaac in the governance of the empire. In the reign of Alexios I <i>sebastokratores</i> had wielded considerable power and Isaac would have had an expectation of a similar level of authority being devolved on himself. This thwarted ambition is probably what disillusioned Isaac with his brother's rule. Isaac aimed at replacing his brother as emperor. In 1130 John became aware of a plot involving Isaac and other magnates as he was leaving to campaign against the Turks. When John tried to seize Isaac, the latter escaped and fled to the <a href="/wiki/Danishmend" class="mw-redirect" title="Danishmend">Danishmend</a> emir <a href="/wiki/Emir_Gazi" title="Emir Gazi">Ghazi</a>, who received him, and later sent him to the breakaway Byzantine regime of the <a href="/wiki/Gabras" title="Gabras">Gabrades</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trebizond</a>. Isaac then became the guest of <a href="/wiki/Mesud_I" title="Mesud I">Masoud</a>, the Seljuk <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Rum" title="Sultanate of Rum">Sultan of Rum</a>, and subsequently of <a href="/wiki/Leo_I,_Prince_of_Armenia" title="Leo I, Prince of Armenia">Leo</a>, the Prince of Cilician Armenia. That Isaac was seeking aid from these princes in a bid to take the Byzantine throne by force is highly likely. Such a coalition did not materialise, but Isaac seems to have retained strong support in Constantinople. In 1132 John had to return from campaign in haste, when news reached him that conspirators in Constantinople had made an appeal to Isaac to become their ruler. The triumph that John celebrated following his capture of <a href="/wiki/Kastamuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Kastamuni">Kastamuni</a> in 1133 can be seen as being a public affirmation of John's legitimacy as emperor embodied in the celebration of the defeat of external foes. The brothers were briefly reconciled in 1138, and Isaac returned to Constantinople; however, a year later Isaac was exiled to <a href="/wiki/Heraclea_Pontica" title="Heraclea Pontica">Heraclea Pontica</a>, where he remained for the rest of John's life. In the extensive artwork that Isaac commissioned, he made much of his <a href="/wiki/Born_in_the_purple" title="Born in the purple">porphyrogenete</a> status and his relationship with his imperial father, Alexios I, but he made little or no reference to his relationship to his brother John, or to the title of <i>sebastokrator</i> that he had received from him.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diplomacy">Diplomacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Diplomacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lettera_di_giovanni_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lettera_di_giovanni_II.jpg/220px-Lettera_di_giovanni_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lettera_di_giovanni_II.jpg/330px-Lettera_di_giovanni_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lettera_di_giovanni_II.jpg/440px-Lettera_di_giovanni_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption>A letter from John II to Pope Innocent II</figcaption></figure> <p>The central tenet of the foreign policy of John II in the West was to maintain an alliance with the German emperors (<a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>). This was necessary to limit the threat posed by the Normans of southern Italy to Byzantine territory in the Balkans. This threat became especially acute after <a href="/wiki/Roger_II_of_Sicily" title="Roger II of Sicily">Roger II of Sicily</a> made himself supreme in southern Italy and assumed the title of king. Emperor <a href="/wiki/Lothair_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor">Lothair III</a> had Byzantine backing, including a large financial subsidy, for his invasion of Norman territory in 1136, which reached as far south as <a href="/wiki/Bari" title="Bari">Bari</a>. Pope <a href="/wiki/Innocent_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Innocent II">Innocent II</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Church's</a> possessions in Italy under threat by Roger II, who supported <a href="/wiki/Antipope_Anacletus_II" title="Antipope Anacletus II">Antipope Anacletus II</a>, was also party to the alliance of Lothair and John II. However, this alliance proved unable to resist Roger, who extracted by force a recognition of his royal title from the Pope in 1139 (<a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Mignano" title="Treaty of Mignano">Treaty of Mignano</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lothair's successor <a href="/wiki/Conrad_III_of_Germany" title="Conrad III of Germany">Conrad III</a> was approached in 1140 for a royal German bride for John's youngest son Manuel. <a href="/wiki/Bertha_of_Sulzbach" title="Bertha of Sulzbach">Bertha of Sulzbach</a>, Conrad's sister-in-law, was chosen and despatched to Byzantium.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At much the same time Roger II applied to John II for an imperial bride for his son, but was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John's penchant for interfering with his wife's family, the rulers of Hungary, was problematic. The welcome accorded to ousted claimants of the Hungarian throne in Constantinople was seen by the Byzantines as a useful insurance policy and source of political leverage. However, the Hungarians treated this interference as a fighting matter. A Hungarian alliance with the Serbs produced serious consequences for continued Byzantine dominance in the western Balkans.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the East John attempted, like his father, to exploit the differences between the Seljuq Sultan of <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Rum" title="Sultanate of Rum">Iconium</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Danishmendid" class="mw-redirect" title="Danishmendid">Danishmendid</a> dynasty controlling the northeastern, inland, parts of Anatolia. In 1134 the Seljuq sultan <a href="/wiki/Mesud_I" title="Mesud I">Masoud</a> provided troops for John's attack on the Danishmend-held city of Kastamuni (reoccupied immediately after the Byzantine conquest of 1133), however, the alliance proved unreliable as the Seljuq troops abandoned the expedition, decamping during the night.<sup id="cite_ref-Choniates,_pp._12-13_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Choniates,_pp._12-13-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Crusader_states" title="Crusader states">Crusader states</a> of the Levant it was generally admitted that the Byzantine claims over Antioch were legally valid, though it was pragmatically viewed that only when the Byzantine emperor was in a position to enforce them militarily were they likely to be recognised in practice. The high point of John's diplomacy in the Levant was in 1137 when he extracted formal homage from the rulers of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Antioch" title="Principality of Antioch">Principality of Antioch</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_of_Edessa" title="County of Edessa">County of Edessa</a> and the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Tripoli" title="County of Tripoli">County of Tripoli</a>. The Byzantine desire to be seen as holding a level of suzerainty over all of the Crusader states was taken seriously, as evidenced by the alarm shown in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem" title="Kingdom of Jerusalem">Kingdom of Jerusalem</a> when John informed <a href="/wiki/Fulk_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulk of Jerusalem">King Fulk</a> of his plan for an armed pilgrimage to the Holy City (1142).<sup id="cite_ref-Runciman,_pp._212-213,_222-224_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Runciman,_pp._212-213,_222-224-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_matters">Religious matters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Religious matters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Molla_Zeyrek_Camii.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Molla_Zeyrek_Camii.jpg/220px-Molla_Zeyrek_Camii.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Molla_Zeyrek_Camii.jpg/330px-Molla_Zeyrek_Camii.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Molla_Zeyrek_Camii.jpg/440px-Molla_Zeyrek_Camii.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Former Imperial Chapels of Christ Pantokrator, now the <a href="/wiki/Zeyrek_Mosque" title="Zeyrek Mosque">Zeyrek Mosque</a>, Istanbul. The tomb of John II was in the central church.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JeanIIComneneVirginAndJohnHoldingCross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/JeanIIComneneVirginAndJohnHoldingCross.jpg/220px-JeanIIComneneVirginAndJohnHoldingCross.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/JeanIIComneneVirginAndJohnHoldingCross.jpg/330px-JeanIIComneneVirginAndJohnHoldingCross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/JeanIIComneneVirginAndJohnHoldingCross.jpg/440px-JeanIIComneneVirginAndJohnHoldingCross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="706" /></a><figcaption>Gold coin of John II Komnenos, depicting the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a> and John holding a cross.</figcaption></figure> <p>The reign of John II was taken up with almost constant warfare and, unlike his father who delighted in active participation in theological and doctrinal disputes, John appears to have been content to leave ecclesiastical matters to the <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople</a> and the church hierarchy. Only when religion impinged directly on imperial policy, as in relations with the papacy and the possible union of the Greek and Latin churches, did John take an active part. He organised a number of disputations between Greek and Latin theologians.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>John, alongside his wife who shared in his religious and charitable works, is known to have undertaken church building on a considerable scale, including construction of the Monastery of Christ Pantokrator (<a href="/wiki/Zeyrek_Mosque" title="Zeyrek Mosque">Zeyrek Mosque</a>) in Constantinople. This monastery, with its three churches, has been described as one of the most important and influential architectural constructions of Middle Byzantine Constantinople. Attached to the monastery was a hospital, of 5 wards, open to people of all social classes. The hospital was staffed by trained <a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">layman</a> doctors rather than monks.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The central of the three churches was the Komnenian funerary chapel, dedicated to St. Michael. It had twin domes, and is described in the <i>typikon</i> of the monastery as being in the form of a <i>heroon</i>; this emulates the older mausolea of Constantine and Justinian in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles" title="Church of the Holy Apostles">Church of the Holy Apostles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Very active persecution of the followers of the <a href="/wiki/Paulicianism" title="Paulicianism">Paulician</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bogomilism" title="Bogomilism">Bogomil</a> heresies characterised the last few years of the reign of Alexios I.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No records from the reign of John mention such persecution, though countermeasures against heresy by the Byzantine Church remained in force. A <a href="/wiki/Endemic_synod" title="Endemic synod">permanent synod in Constantinople</a> investigated the writings of a deceased monk named <a href="/w/index.php?title=Constantine_Chrysomallos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Constantine Chrysomallos (page does not exist)">Constantine Chrysomallos</a> which had been circulating in certain monasteries. These works were ordered to be burnt by the Patriarch of Constantinople, <a href="/wiki/Leo_Styppes" class="mw-redirect" title="Leo Styppes">Leo Styppes</a>, in May 1140, on the grounds that they incorporated elements of Bogomil belief and practices.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the few members of the imperial family to be placed in an important position by John was his cousin, <a href="/wiki/John_IV_of_Ohrid" title="John IV of Ohrid">Adrian</a> Komnenos (son of John's uncle the <i><a href="/wiki/Sebastokrator" title="Sebastokrator">sebastokrator</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(brother_of_Alexios_I)" title="Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)">Isaac</a>). Adrian had become a monk, adopting the monastic name John, and had accompanied the emperor on his campaigns of 1138. Soon afterwards, Adrian was appointed <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Archbishopric_of_Ohrid_(ancient)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Archbishopric of Ohrid (ancient)">Archbishop of Bulgaria</a> as John IV of Ohrid. Bulgaria was an autocephalous see and required a prestigious man as archbishop.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_exploits">Military exploits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Military exploits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though he fought a number of notable pitched battles, the military strategy of John II relied on taking and holding fortified settlements in order to construct defensible frontiers. John personally conducted approximately twenty five sieges during his reign.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Pechenegs_destroyed_(1122)"><span id="The_Pechenegs_destroyed_.281122.29"></span>The Pechenegs destroyed (1122)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Pechenegs destroyed (1122)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1119–1121 John defeated the <a href="/wiki/Seljuq_Turks" class="mw-redirect" title="Seljuq Turks">Seljuq Turks</a>, establishing his control over southwestern <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>. However, immediately afterwards, in 1122, John quickly transferred his troops to Europe to counter a <a href="/wiki/Pechenegs" title="Pechenegs">Pecheneg</a> invasion across the <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a> frontier into <a href="/wiki/Paristrion" title="Paristrion">Paristrion</a>. These invaders had been auxiliaries of <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Monomakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Vladimir Monomakh">Vladimir Monomakh</a>, the Prince of <a href="/wiki/Kiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiev">Kiev</a>. John surrounded the Pechenegs as they burst into <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thrace</a>, tricked them into believing that he would grant them a favourable treaty, and then launched a devastating surprise attack upon their fortified camp. The ensuing <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beroia" title="Battle of Beroia">Battle of Beroia</a> was hard-fought, John was wounded in the leg by an arrow, but by the end of the day the Byzantine army had won a crushing victory. The decisive moment of the battle was when John led the <a href="/wiki/Varangian_Guard" title="Varangian Guard">Varangian Guard</a>, largely composed of Englishmen, to assault defensive Pecheneg wagon <a href="/wiki/Laager" class="mw-redirect" title="Laager">laager</a>, employing their famous axes to hack their way in.<sup id="cite_ref-Choniates,_p._11_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Choniates,_p._11-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battle put an effective end to the Pechenegs as an independent people; many of the captives taken in the conflict were settled as soldier-farmers within the Byzantine frontier.<sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._153_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._153-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conflict_with_Venice_(1124–1126)"><span id="Conflict_with_Venice_.281124.E2.80.931126.29"></span>Conflict with Venice (1124–1126)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Conflict with Venice (1124–1126)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg/250px-%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg/375px-%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg/500px-%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_II_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="1100" /></a><figcaption>John II in full imperial regalia, Byzantine low relief sculpture in marble, early 12th century.</figcaption></figure> <p>After his accession, John II had refused to confirm his father's <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Venetian_treaty_of_1082" title="Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1082">1082 treaty</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a>, which had given the Italian republic unique and generous trading rights within the Byzantine Empire. Yet the change in policy was not motivated by financial concerns. An incident involving the abuse of a member of the imperial family by Venetians led to a dangerous conflict, especially as Byzantium had depended on Venice for its naval strength. After a Byzantine retaliatory attack on <a href="/wiki/Corfu" title="Corfu">Kerkyra</a>, John exiled the Venetian merchants from Constantinople. But this produced further retaliation, and a Venetian fleet of 72 ships plundered <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chios" title="Chios">Chios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samos" title="Samos">Samos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesbos" title="Lesbos">Lesbos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andros" title="Andros">Andros</a> and captured <a href="/wiki/Kefalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kefalonia">Kefalonia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fleet_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fleet-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually John was forced to come to terms; the war was costing him more than it was worth, and he was not prepared to transfer funds from the imperial land forces to the navy for the construction of new ships. John re-confirmed the treaty of 1082, in August 1126.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_with_the_Hungarians_and_Serbs_(1127–1129_–_chronology_uncertain)"><span id="War_with_the_Hungarians_and_Serbs_.281127.E2.80.931129_.E2.80.93_chronology_uncertain.29"></span>War with the Hungarians and Serbs (1127–1129 – chronology uncertain)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: War with the Hungarians and Serbs (1127–1129 – chronology uncertain)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Hungarian_War_(1127%E2%80%9329)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29)">Byzantine–Hungarian War (1127–29)</a></div> <p>John's marriage to the Hungarian princess <a href="/wiki/Piroska_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Piroska of Hungary">Piroska</a> involved him in the dynastic struggles of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a>. In giving asylum to Álmos, a blinded claimant to the Hungarian throne, John aroused the suspicion of the Hungarians. The Hungarians, led by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_II_of_Hungary" title="Stephen II of Hungary">Stephen II</a>, then invaded Byzantium's Balkan provinces in 1127, with hostilities lasting until 1129; however, an alternative chronology has been suggested with the Hungarian attack and Byzantine retaliation taking place in 1125 with a renewal of hostilities in 1126.<sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._154_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._154-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John launched a punitive raid against the <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a>, who had dangerously aligned themselves with Hungary, many of whom were rounded up and transported to <a href="/wiki/Nicomedia" title="Nicomedia">Nicomedia</a> in Asia Minor to serve as military colonists. This was done partly to cow the Serbs into submission (Serbia was, at least nominally, a Byzantine protectorate), and partly to strengthen the Byzantine frontier in the east against the Turks. The Serbs were forced to acknowledge Byzantine suzerainty once again.<sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._153_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._153-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Serbian campaign may have taken place between two distinct phases in the war against Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine,_p._235_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine,_p._235-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hungarians attacked <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1" title="Niš">Nish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a>; John, who was near <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Philippopolis</a> in Thrace, counterattacked, supported by a naval flotilla operating on the <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Choniates,_p._11_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Choniates,_p._11-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a challenging campaign, the details of which are obscure, the emperor managed to defeat the Hungarians and their <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbian</a> allies at the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haram" title="Battle of Haram">Haram</a> or Chramon, which is the modern <a href="/wiki/Banatska_Palanka" title="Banatska Palanka">Nova Palanka</a>; many Hungarian troops were killed when a bridge they were crossing collapsed as they were fleeing from a Byzantine attack.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this the Hungarians renewed hostilities by attacking Braničevo, which was immediately rebuilt by John. Further Byzantine military successes, Choniates mentions several engagements, resulted in a restoration of peace.<sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._154_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._154-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Urbansky46_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urbansky46-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Byzantines were confirmed in their control of Braničevo, Belgrade and Zemun and they also recovered the region of <a href="/wiki/Syrmia" title="Syrmia">Sirmium</a> (called Frangochorion in Choniates), which had been Hungarian since the 1060s. The Hungarian pretender Álmos died in 1129, removing the major source of friction.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine,_p._235_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine,_p._235-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_of_attrition_against_the_Anatolian_Turks_(1119–20,_1130–35,_1139–40)"><span id="War_of_attrition_against_the_Anatolian_Turks_.281119.E2.80.9320.2C_1130.E2.80.9335.2C_1139.E2.80.9340.29"></span>War of attrition against the Anatolian Turks (1119–20, 1130–35, 1139–40)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: War of attrition against the Anatolian Turks (1119–20, 1130–35, 1139–40)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mersivan" title="Battle of Mersivan">Mersivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nicaea_(1113)" title="Siege of Nicaea (1113)">2nd Nicaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Philomelion" title="Battle of Philomelion">Philomelion</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#War_of_attrition_against_the_Anatolian_Turks">Campaigns of John II Komnenos</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Laodicea_(1119)" title="Siege of Laodicea (1119)">Laodicea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sozopolis" title="Siege of Sozopolis">Sozopolis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_to_Iconium_(1146)" title="Expedition to Iconium (1146)">2nd Iconium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Turbessel" title="Fall of Turbessel">Turbessel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Myriokephalon" title="Battle of Myriokephalon">Myriokephalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hyelion_and_Leimocheir" title="Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir">Hyelion and Leimocheir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Claudiopolis" title="Siege of Claudiopolis">Claudiopolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Trebizond_(1205%E2%80%931206)" title="Siege of Trebizond (1205–1206)">1st Trebizond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Antalya" title="Siege of Antalya">Antalya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Antioch_on_the_Meander" title="Battle of Antioch on the Meander">Antioch on the Meander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sinope" title="Siege of Sinope">Sinope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sudak" title="Battle of Sudak">Sudak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Trebizond_(1222%E2%80%931223)" title="Siege of Trebizond (1222–1223)">2nd Trebizond</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ince_minare_sculpture_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ince_minare_sculpture_1.jpg/220px-Ince_minare_sculpture_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ince_minare_sculpture_1.jpg/330px-Ince_minare_sculpture_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ince_minare_sculpture_1.jpg/440px-Ince_minare_sculpture_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1810" /></a><figcaption>Seljuq period architectural fragment from Konya, showing Seljuq appropriation of the <a href="/wiki/Double-headed_eagle" title="Double-headed eagle">double-headed eagle</a> often associated with Byzantium. <a href="/wiki/Ince_Minaret_Medrese" class="mw-redirect" title="Ince Minaret Medrese">Ince Minare Museum</a>, Konya. The naturalism of the sculpture looks more Greek than Syrian or Iranian in workmanship.</figcaption></figure> <p>Early in John's reign the Turks were pressing forward against the Byzantine frontier in western Asia Minor. In 1119, the Seljuqs had cut the land route to the city of <a href="/wiki/Antalya" title="Antalya">Attaleia</a> on the southern coast of Anatolia. John II and Axouch the Grand Domestic <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Laodicea_(1119)" title="Siege of Laodicea (1119)">besieged</a> and recaptured <a href="/wiki/Laodicea_on_the_Lycus" title="Laodicea on the Lycus">Laodicea</a> in 1119 and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sozopolis" title="Siege of Sozopolis">took</a> <a href="/wiki/Sozopolis,_Pisidia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sozopolis, Pisidia">Sozopolis</a> by storm in 1120, re-opening land communication with Attaleia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoltLambtonLewis1995240_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoltLambtonLewis1995240-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This route was especially important as it also led to Cilicia and the Crusader states of Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._153_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._153-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the end of hostilities with Hungary, John was able to concentrate on Asia Minor during most of his remaining years. He undertook annual campaigns against the <a href="/wiki/Danishmendid" class="mw-redirect" title="Danishmendid">Danishmendid</a> emirate in <a href="/wiki/Malatya" title="Malatya">Malatya</a> (Melitene) on the upper <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a> from 1130 to 1135. Thanks to his energetic campaigning, Turkish attempts at expansion in Asia Minor were halted, and John prepared to take the fight to the enemy. In order to restore the region to Byzantine control, he led a series of well planned and executed campaigns against the Turks, one of which resulted in the reconquest of the ancestral home of the Komnenoi at <a href="/wiki/Kastamonu" title="Kastamonu">Kastamonu</a> (Kastra Komnenon); he then left a garrison of 2,000 men at <a href="/wiki/Gangra" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangra">Gangra</a>. John quickly earned a formidable reputation as a wall-breaker, taking one stronghold after another from his enemies. Regions that had been lost to the empire since the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manzikert" title="Battle of Manzikert">Battle of Manzikert</a> were recovered and garrisoned. Yet resistance, particularly from the Danishmends of the northeast, was strong, and the difficult nature of holding the new conquests is illustrated by the fact that Kastamonu was recaptured by the Turks even as John was in Constantinople celebrating its return to Byzantine rule. John persevered, however, and Kastamonu soon changed hands once more.<sup id="cite_ref-Choniates,_pp._12-13_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Choniates,_pp._12-13-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the spring of 1139, the emperor campaigned with success against Turks, probably nomadic Turkomans, who were raiding the regions along the <a href="/wiki/Sakarya_River" title="Sakarya River">Sangarios River</a>, striking their means of subsistence by driving off their herds.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then marched for the final time against the <a href="/wiki/Danishmends" class="mw-redirect" title="Danishmends">Danishmend Turks</a>, his army proceeding along the southern coast of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> through <a href="/wiki/Bithynia" title="Bithynia">Bithynia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paphlagonia" title="Paphlagonia">Paphlagonia</a>. The breakaway Byzantine regime of <a href="/wiki/Constantine_Gabras" title="Constantine Gabras">Constantine Gabras</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trebizond</a> was ended, and the region of <a href="/wiki/Chaldia" title="Chaldia">Chaldia</a> brought back under direct imperial control. John then besieged but failed to take the city of <a href="/wiki/Neocaesarea" class="mw-redirect" title="Neocaesarea">Neocaesarea</a>, in 1140. The Byzantines were defeated by the conditions rather than by the Turks: the weather was very bad, large numbers of the army's horses died, and provisions became scarce.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AD-1139_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AD-1139-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._157_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._157-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaigning_in_Cilicia_and_Syria_(1137–1138)"><span id="Campaigning_in_Cilicia_and_Syria_.281137.E2.80.931138.29"></span>Campaigning in Cilicia and Syria (1137–1138)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Campaigning in Cilicia and Syria (1137–1138)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siege_de_Shaizar_(1138).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Siege_de_Shaizar_%281138%29.jpg/350px-Siege_de_Shaizar_%281138%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Siege_de_Shaizar_%281138%29.jpg/525px-Siege_de_Shaizar_%281138%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Siege_de_Shaizar_%281138%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="387" /></a><figcaption>John II directs the Siege of Shaizar while his allies sit inactive in their camp, French manuscript 1338</figcaption></figure> <p>In the Levant, the emperor sought to reinforce Byzantine claims to suzerainty over the <a href="/wiki/Crusader_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Crusader State">Crusader States</a> and to assert his rights over Antioch. In 1137 he conquered <a href="/wiki/Tarsus_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarsus (city)">Tarsus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mopsuestia" title="Mopsuestia">Mopsuestia</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia" title="Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia">Principality of Armenian Cilicia</a>, and in 1138 Prince <a href="/wiki/Leo_I,_Prince_of_Armenia" title="Leo I, Prince of Armenia">Levon I of Armenia</a> and most of his family were brought as captives to Constantinople.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cilicia_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cilicia-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This opened the route to the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Antioch" title="Principality of Antioch">Principality of Antioch</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Raymond_of_Poitiers" title="Raymond of Poitiers">Raymond of Poitiers</a>, Prince of Antioch, and <a href="/wiki/Joscelin_II_of_Edessa" class="mw-redirect" title="Joscelin II of Edessa">Joscelin II</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_of_Edessa" title="County of Edessa">Count of Edessa</a>, recognized themselves as vassals of the emperor in 1137. Even <a href="/wiki/Raymond_II,_Count_of_Tripoli" title="Raymond II, Count of Tripoli">Raymond II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Tripoli" title="County of Tripoli">Count of Tripoli</a>, hastened northwards to pay homage to John, repeating the homage that his predecessor had given John's father in 1109.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There then followed a joint campaign as John led the armies of Byzantium, Antioch, and Edessa against Muslim Syria. Aleppo proved too strong to attack during an <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Aleppo_(1138)" title="Siege of Aleppo (1138)">attempted siege</a>, but the fortresses of Balat, <a href="/wiki/Bizaah" title="Bizaah">Biza'a</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atarib" title="Atarib">Athareb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maarat_al-Numaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Maarat al-Numaan">Maarat al-Numan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kafartab" title="Kafartab">Kafartab</a> were taken by assault.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although John fought hard for the Christian cause in the campaign in Syria, his allies Prince Raymond of Antioch and Count Joscelin II of Edessa remained in their camp playing <a href="/wiki/Dice" title="Dice">dice</a> and feasting instead of helping to press the siege of the city of <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Shaizar" title="Siege of Shaizar">Shaizar</a>. The Crusader Princes were suspicious of each other and of John, and neither wanted the other to gain from participating in the campaign. Raymond also wanted to hold on to Antioch, which he had agreed to hand over to John if the campaign was successful in capturing <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaizar" title="Shaizar">Shaizar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a>. Latin and Muslim sources describe John's energy and personal courage in prosecuting the siege. The city was taken, but the citadel defied assault. The Emir of Shaizar offered to pay a large indemnity, become John's vassal, and pay yearly tribute. John had lost all confidence in his allies, and a Muslim army under <a href="/wiki/Imad_ad-Din_Zengi" class="mw-redirect" title="Imad ad-Din Zengi">Zengi</a> was approaching to try to relieve the city, therefore the emperor reluctantly accepted the offer.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The emperor was distracted by a Seljuq raid on Cilicia and developments in the west, where he was pursuing a <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">German</a> alliance directed against the threat posed by the <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Normans</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>. Joscelin and Raymond conspired to delay the promised handover of Antioch's citadel to the emperor, stirring up popular unrest in the city directed at John and the local Greek community. John had little choice but to leave Syria with his ambitions only partially realised.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_campaigns_(1142)"><span id="Final_campaigns_.281142.29"></span>Final campaigns (1142)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Final campaigns (1142)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 1142 John campaigned against the Seljuqs of Iconium to secure his lines of communication through Attalia (<a href="/wiki/Antalya" title="Antalya">Antalya</a>). During this campaign his eldest son and co-emperor <a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios</a> died of a fever. Having secured his route, John embarked on a new expedition into Syria determined to reduce Antioch to direct imperial rule.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This expedition included a planned pilgrimage to Jerusalem on which he intended to take his army. King <a href="/wiki/Fulk_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulk of Jerusalem">Fulk of Jerusalem</a>, fearing that the emperor's presence with overwhelming military force would constrain him to make an act of homage and formally recognise Byzantine suzerainty over his kingdom, begged the emperor to bring only a modest escort. Fulk cited the inability of his largely barren kingdom to support the passage of a substantial army.<sup id="cite_ref-Runciman,_pp._212-213,_222-224_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Runciman,_pp._212-213,_222-224-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pilgrimage_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pilgrimage-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This lukewarm response resulted in John II deciding to postpone his pilgrimage. John descended rapidly on northern Syria, forcing Joscelin II of Edessa to render hostages, including his daughter, as a guarantee of his good behaviour. He then advanced on Antioch demanding that the city and its citadel be surrendered to him. Raymond of Poitiers played for time, putting the proposal to the vote of the Antiochene general assembly. With the season well advanced John decided to take his army into winter quarters in Cilicia, proposing to renew his attack on Antioch the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._157_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._157-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_succession">Death and succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Death and succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ioannes_II_Komnenos_chassant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Ioannes_II_Komnenos_chassant.jpg/250px-Ioannes_II_Komnenos_chassant.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Ioannes_II_Komnenos_chassant.jpg/375px-Ioannes_II_Komnenos_chassant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Ioannes_II_Komnenos_chassant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="319" /></a><figcaption>John II hunting, French manuscript of the 14th Century</figcaption></figure> <p>Having prepared his army for a renewed attack on Antioch, John amused himself by hunting wild boar on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Taurus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Taurus">Mount Taurus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cilicia" title="Cilicia">Cilicia</a>, where he accidentally cut himself on the hand with a <a href="/wiki/Poisoned_arrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Poisoned arrow">poisoned arrow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John initially ignored the wound and it became infected. He died a number of days after the accident, on 8 April 1143,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> probably of <a href="/wiki/Septicaemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Septicaemia">septicaemia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been suggested that John was assassinated by a conspiracy within the units of his army of Latin origins who were unhappy at fighting their co-religionists of Antioch, and who wanted to place his pro-western son Manuel on the throne.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there is very little overt support for this hypothesis in the primary sources.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John's final action as emperor was to choose <a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel</a>, the younger of his surviving sons, to be his successor. John is recorded as citing two main reasons for choosing Manuel over his older brother <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II)" title="Isaac Komnenos (son of John II)">Isaac</a>: Isaac's irascibility, and the courage that Manuel had shown on campaign at <a href="/wiki/Neocaesarea" class="mw-redirect" title="Neocaesarea">Neocaesarea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another theory alleges that the reason for this choice was the <a href="/wiki/AIMA_prophecy" title="AIMA prophecy">AIMA prophecy</a>, which foretold that John's successor should be one whose name began with an "M". Fittingly, John's close friend John Axouch, although he is recorded as having tried hard to persuade the dying emperor that Isaac was the better candidate to succeed, was instrumental in ensuring that Manuel's assumption of power was free from any overt opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_legacy_of_John_II">The legacy of John II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: The legacy of John II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John%27sEmpire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/John%27sEmpire.jpg/300px-John%27sEmpire.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/John%27sEmpire.jpg/450px-John%27sEmpire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/John%27sEmpire.jpg/600px-John%27sEmpire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="801" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption>The Byzantine empire under John II Komnenos, c. 1143</figcaption></figure> <p>Historian John Birkenmeier argued that John's reign was the most successful of the Komnenian period. In <i>The Development of the Komnenian Army 1081–1180,</i> he stresses the wisdom of John's approach to warfare, which focused on sieges rather than risking pitched battles. Birkenmeier argues that John's strategy of launching annual campaigns with limited, realistic objectives was a more sensible one than that followed by his son <a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I</a>. According to this view, John's campaigns benefited the Byzantine Empire because they protected the empire's heartland, which lacked reliable borders, while gradually extending its territory in Asia Minor. The Turks were forced onto the defensive, while John kept his diplomatic situation relatively simple by allying with the Holy Roman Emperor against the Normans of Sicily.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Overall, it is clear that John II Komnenos left the empire a great deal better off than he had found it. By the time of his death substantial territories had been recovered, and the goals of the recovery of control over central Anatolia and the re-establishment of a frontier on the <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a> seemed achievable. However some Greeks of the interior of Anatolia were becoming increasingly accustomed to Turkish rule and often found it preferable to that of Byzantium, as seen in the Battle of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Bey%C5%9Fehir" title="Lake Beyşehir">Lake Pousgouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, though it was relatively easy to extract submission and admissions of vassalage from the Anatolian Turks, Serbs and Crusader States of the Levant, converting these relationships into concrete gains for the security of the Empire had proven elusive. These problems were left for his gifted and mercurial son, Manuel, to attempt to solve.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosaic_of_Irene_of_Hungary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mosaic_of_Irene_of_Hungary.jpg/220px-Mosaic_of_Irene_of_Hungary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mosaic_of_Irene_of_Hungary.jpg/330px-Mosaic_of_Irene_of_Hungary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mosaic_of_Irene_of_Hungary.jpg/440px-Mosaic_of_Irene_of_Hungary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1119" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Empress Irene, from the Komnenos mosaic in the <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>John II Komnenos married Princess <a href="/wiki/Piroska_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Piroska of Hungary">Piroska of Hungary</a> (renamed Irene), a daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_I_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus I of Hungary">Ladislaus I of Hungary</a> in 1104; the marriage was intended as compensation for the loss of some territories to King <a href="/wiki/Coloman_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Coloman of Hungary">Coloman of Hungary</a>. She played little part in government, devoting herself to piety and their large brood of children. Irene died on 13 August 1134, and was later venerated as Saint Irene. John II and Irene had 8 children:<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios Komnenos</a> (October 1106 – summer 1142), co-emperor from 1119 to 1142</li> <li>Maria Komnene (twin to Alexios), who married <a href="/wiki/John_Roger_Dalassenos" class="mw-redirect" title="John Roger Dalassenos">John Roger Dalassenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II)" title="Andronikos Komnenos (son of John II)">Andronikos Komnenos</a> (died 1142)</li> <li>Anna Komnene (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1110/11</span> – after 1149), who married the admiral <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kontostephanos" title="Stephen Kontostephanos">Stephen Kontostephanos</a>, who died in battle in 1149. The couple had four children.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984380–390_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984380–390-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II)" title="Isaac Komnenos (son of John II)">Isaac Komnenos</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1113</span> – after 1154), raised to <i>sebastokrator</i> in 1122, he was superseded in the succession in favour of Manuel in 1143; married twice and had several children.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984391–398_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984391–398-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Theodora Komnene (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1115</span> – before May 1157), who married the military commander <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Anemas" title="Manuel Anemas">Manuel Anemas</a>, who was killed in action, after which she entered a monastery. The couple had at least four children.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984399–411_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984399–411-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eudokia Komnene (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1116</span> – before 1150), who married the military commander <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Vatatzes" title="Theodore Vatatzes">Theodore Vatatzes</a>. She had at least six children, but died early.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984412–421_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984412–421-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I Komnenos</a> (28 November 1118 – 21 September 1180), became emperor, and reigned 1143–1180.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984422–477_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVarzos1984422–477-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1268078990">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px;border-left:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px;border-left:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of John II Komnenos<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos" title="Manuel Erotikos Komnenos">Manuel Erotikos Komnenos</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/John_Komnenos_(Domestic_of_the_Schools)" title="John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)">John Komnenos</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">9. Maria?</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/wiki/Alexios_Charon" title="Alexios Charon">Alexios Charon</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Anna_Dalassene" title="Anna Dalassene">Anna Dalassene</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">11. ... Dalassene</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>John II Komnenos</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">12. <a href="/wiki/John_Doukas_(Caesar)" title="John Doukas (Caesar)">John Doukas</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">6. <a href="/wiki/Andronikos_Doukas_(cousin_of_Michael_VII)" title="Andronikos Doukas (cousin of Michael VII)">Andronikos Doukas</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">13. Irene Pegonitissa</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #fb9;">3. <a href="/wiki/Irene_Doukaina" title="Irene Doukaina">Irene Doukaina</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">14. Troian of Bulgaria</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">7. <a href="/wiki/Maria_of_Bulgaria" title="Maria of Bulgaria">Maria of Bulgaria</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">15. Kontostephane? 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The works of Byzantine historians John Kinnamos and Niketas Choniates both include very short chapters on the reign of John II, which act as prologues, before proceeding to much fuller accounts of later events, see Birkenmeier, pp. 2, 5–6, 15, 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The coronation of Alexios as co-emperor is usually dated to 1122, but contemporary documents indicate that he was crowned between 12 July and 7 October 1119.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHendy1999244_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHendy1999244-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The primary sources, Kinnamos and Choniates, give little detail about this campaign, no dates are specified, and what they do say differs considerably. The chronology presented here, 1127–1129, follows that of Angold and other scholars, Fine has the events taking place earlier, in 1125–1126.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Two rather ambiguous Byzantine rhetorical allusions were the basis of this theory – all contemporary historical writing unanimously agrees on an accidental cause for the death of John II.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050509102032/http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/trans/cinnamus.html">John II Comnenus' Hungarian campaigns</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/johncomn.htm">An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pallasweb.com/deesis/john-eirene-alexis-hagia-sophia.html">Mosaic of John Komnenos, Eirene and Alexios in Hagia Sophia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_II_Komnenos&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Lau, Maximilian C. G. (2023). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/emperor-john-ii-komnenos-9780198888673">Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143</a></i>. 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Treadgold, <i>A History of the Byzantine State and Society</i>, p. 700</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Runciman, p. 209</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Choniates,_p._27-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Choniates,_p._27_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Choniates,_p._27_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, p. 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dennis, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"John II", <i>The World-wide Encyclopedia and Gazetteer</i>, Vol. V, Ed. William Harrison De Puy, (The Christian Herald, 1908), 3654.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stankovic, p. 14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bucossi and Suarez, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stankovic, pp. 16-17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stankovic, p. 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stankovic, p. 18</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stankovic, p. 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Magdalino, pp. 192–193</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, pp. 8–9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._152-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._152_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._152_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1984), p. 152</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stathakopoulos, p. 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHendy1999244-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHendy1999244_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHendy1999">Hendy 1999</a>, p. 244.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Magdalino, p. 254</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Magdalino, pp. 207–208</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bernard and Demoen, p. 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haldon, p. 97</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Magdalino (2016), pp. 63-64</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Linardou (2016), pp. 155-182</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kinnamos, pp. 74–75</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1984), p. 159</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kinnamos, pp. 75–76</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1984), pp. 153–154</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Choniates,_pp._12-13-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Choniates,_pp._12-13_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Choniates,_pp._12-13_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, pp. 12–13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Runciman,_pp._212-213,_222-224-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Runciman,_pp._212-213,_222-224_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Runciman,_pp._212-213,_222-224_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Runciman, pp. 212–213, 222–224</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1995), p. 75</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Necipoğlu, p. 133</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1995), p. 310</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ousterhout, pp. 142-145</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Finlay, p. 81</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Loos, pp. 98–99</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1995), pp. 173–174</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birkenmeier, pp. 86–87</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Choniates,_p._11-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Choniates,_p._11_47-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Choniates,_p._11_47-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, p. 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kinnamos, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._153-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._153_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._153_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._153_49-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1984), p. 153</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fleet-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fleet_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">J. Norwich, <i>Byzantium: The Decline and Fall</i>, 70</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1984), p. 154–155</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Angold_1984,_p._154-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._154_52-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Angold_1984,_p._154_52-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1984), p. 154</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fine, pp. 235–236</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fine,_p._235-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fine,_p._235_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fine,_p._235_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Fine, p. 235</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kinnamos, p. 18</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, pp. 11–12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Urbansky46-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Urbansky46_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A. Urbansky, <i>Byzantium and the Danube Frontier</i>, 46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoltLambtonLewis1995240-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoltLambtonLewis1995240_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHoltLambtonLewis1995">Holt, Lambton & Lewis 1995</a>, p. 240.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kinnamos, pp. 20–21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Angold (1984), p. 155</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, p. 19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Choniates, pp. 20–21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AD-1139-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AD-1139_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">J. 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margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> 13 September 1087</span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 8 April 1143</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Regnal titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors" title="List of Byzantine emperors">Byzantine emperor</a> </b><br />1118–1143<br /><i>with <a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I</a> (father) as senior co-emperor</i> <i> (1092–18)</i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios</a> (son) as junior co-emperor</i> <i> (1119–42)</i> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Roman_and_Byzantine_emperors_and_empresses_regnant423" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Roman_emperors" title="Template:Roman emperors"><abbr title="View this 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title="Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius">Tiberius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caligula" title="Caligula">Caligula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudius" title="Claudius">Claudius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nero" title="Nero">Nero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galba" title="Galba">Galba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otho" title="Otho">Otho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitellius" title="Vitellius">Vitellius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus" title="Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domitian" title="Domitian">Domitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerva" title="Nerva">Nerva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trajan" title="Trajan">Trajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" title="Antoninus Pius">Antoninus Pius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Verus" title="Lucius Verus">Lucius Verus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commodus" title="Commodus">Commodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pertinax" title="Pertinax">Pertinax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didius_Julianus" title="Didius Julianus">Didius Julianus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septimius_Severus" title="Septimius Severus">Septimius Severus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caracalla" title="Caracalla">Caracalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geta_(emperor)" title="Geta (emperor)">Geta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macrinus" title="Macrinus">Macrinus</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Diadumenian" title="Diadumenian">Diadumenian</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elagabalus" title="Elagabalus">Elagabalus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severus_Alexander" title="Severus Alexander">Severus Alexander</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century" title="Crisis of the Third Century">Crisis</a><br />235–284</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maximinus_Thrax" title="Maximinus Thrax">Maximinus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordian_I" title="Gordian I">Gordian I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordian_II" title="Gordian II">Gordian II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pupienus" title="Pupienus">Pupienus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balbinus" title="Balbinus">Balbinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordian_III" title="Gordian III">Gordian III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Arab" title="Philip the Arab">Philip I</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Philip_II_(Roman_emperor)" title="Philip II (Roman emperor)">Philip II</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decius" title="Decius">Decius</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Herennius_Etruscus" title="Herennius Etruscus">Herennius Etruscus</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trebonianus_Gallus" title="Trebonianus Gallus">Trebonianus Gallus</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Hostilian" title="Hostilian">Hostilian</a></i> & <i><a href="/wiki/Volusianus" title="Volusianus">Volusianus</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aemilianus" title="Aemilianus">Aemilianus</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Silbannacus" title="Silbannacus">Silbannacus</a></u> (?)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerian_(emperor)" title="Valerian (emperor)">Valerian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallienus" title="Gallienus">Gallienus</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Saloninus" title="Saloninus">Saloninus</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudius_Gothicus" title="Claudius Gothicus">Claudius II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintillus" title="Quintillus">Quintillus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurelian" title="Aurelian">Aurelian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacitus_(emperor)" title="Tacitus (emperor)">Tacitus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florianus" title="Florianus">Florianus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Probus_(emperor)" title="Probus (emperor)">Probus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carus" title="Carus">Carus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carinus" title="Carinus">Carinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numerian" title="Numerian">Numerian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dominate" title="Dominate">Dominate</a><br />284–641</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximian" title="Maximian">Maximian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galerius" title="Galerius">Galerius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantius_Chlorus" title="Constantius Chlorus">Constantius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severus_II" title="Severus II">Severus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" title="Constantine the Great">Constantine I</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Maxentius" title="Maxentius">Maxentius</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licinius" title="Licinius">Licinius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximinus_Daza" title="Maximinus Daza">Maximinus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerius_Valens" title="Valerius Valens">Valerius Valens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinian_(emperor)" title="Martinian (emperor)">Martinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_II_(emperor)" title="Constantine II (emperor)">Constantine II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantius_II" title="Constantius II">Constantius II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constans" title="Constans">Constans I</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Magnentius" title="Magnentius">Magnentius</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Nepotianus" title="Nepotianus">Nepotianus</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Vetranio" title="Vetranio">Vetranio</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_(emperor)" title="Julian (emperor)">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jovian_(emperor)" title="Jovian (emperor)">Jovian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentinian_I" title="Valentinian I">Valentinian I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valens" title="Valens">Valens</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Procopius_(usurper)" title="Procopius (usurper)">Procopius</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gratian" title="Gratian">Gratian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodosius_I" title="Theodosius I">Theodosius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentinian_II" title="Valentinian II">Valentinian II</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Magnus_Maximus" title="Magnus Maximus">Magnus Maximus</a></u> (w. <i><u><a href="/wiki/Victor_(emperor)" title="Victor (emperor)">Victor</a></u></i>)</li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Eugenius" title="Eugenius">Eugenius</a></u></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">Western Empire</a><br />395–476</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honorius" title="Honorius">Honorius</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Constantine_III_(Western_Roman_emperor)" title="Constantine III (Western Roman emperor)">Constantine III</a></u> (w. <i><u><a href="/wiki/Constans_II_(son_of_Constantine_III)" title="Constans II (son of Constantine III)">Constans II</a></u></i>)</li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Priscus_Attalus" title="Priscus Attalus">Priscus Attalus</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantius_III" title="Constantius III">Constantius III</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Joannes" title="Joannes">Joannes</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentinian_III" title="Valentinian III">Valentinian III</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Petronius_Maximus" title="Petronius Maximus">Petronius Maximus</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Avitus" title="Avitus">Avitus</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majorian" title="Majorian">Majorian</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Libius_Severus" title="Libius Severus">Severus III</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthemius" title="Anthemius">Anthemius</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Olybrius" title="Olybrius">Olybrius</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Glycerius" title="Glycerius">Glycerius</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Nepos" title="Julius Nepos">Julius Nepos</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Romulus_Augustulus" title="Romulus Augustulus">Romulus Augustulus</a></u></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Eastern Empire</a><br />395–641</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcadius" title="Arcadius">Arcadius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodosius_II" title="Theodosius II">Theodosius II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcian" title="Marcian">Marcian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_I_(emperor)" title="Leo I (emperor)">Leo I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_II_(emperor)" title="Leo II (emperor)">Leo II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeno_(emperor)" title="Zeno (emperor)">Zeno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basiliscus" title="Basiliscus">Basiliscus</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Marcus_(son_of_Basiliscus)" title="Marcus (son of Basiliscus)">Marcus</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasius_I_Dicorus" title="Anastasius I Dicorus">Anastasius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_I" title="Justin I">Justin I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_II" title="Justin II">Justin II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_II_Constantine" title="Tiberius II Constantine">Tiberius II Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_(emperor)" title="Maurice (emperor)">Maurice</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Theodosius_(son_of_Maurice)" title="Theodosius (son of Maurice)">Theodosius</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phocas" title="Phocas">Phocas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraclius" title="Heraclius">Heraclius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Eastern/<br />Byzantine Empire</a><br />641–1453</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heraclius_Constantine" title="Heraclius Constantine">Constantine III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraclonas" title="Heraclonas">Heraclonas</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/David_(son_of_Heraclius)" title="David (son of Heraclius)">Tiberius</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constans_II" title="Constans II">Constans II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_IV" title="Constantine IV">Constantine IV</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Heraclius_(son_of_Constans_II)" title="Heraclius (son of Constans II)">Heraclius</a></i> & <i><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_(son_of_Constans_II)" title="Tiberius (son of Constans II)">Tiberius</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justinian_II" title="Justinian II">Justinian II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leontius" title="Leontius">Leontius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_III" title="Tiberius III">Tiberius III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justinian_II" title="Justinian II">Justinian II</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Tiberius_(son_of_Justinian_II)" title="Tiberius (son of Justinian II)">Tiberius</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippicus" title="Philippicus">Philippicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasius_II_(emperor)" title="Anastasius II (emperor)">Anastasius II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodosius_III" title="Theodosius III">Theodosius III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_III_the_Isaurian" title="Leo III the Isaurian">Leo III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_V" title="Constantine V">Constantine V</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Artabasdos" title="Artabasdos">Artabasdos</a></u> (w. <i><u><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_(son_of_Artabasdos)" title="Nikephoros (son of Artabasdos)">Nikephoros</a></u></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_IV_the_Khazar" title="Leo IV the Khazar">Leo IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_VI" title="Constantine VI">Constantine VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_of_Athens" title="Irene of Athens">Irene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_I" title="Nikephoros I">Nikephoros I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staurakios" title="Staurakios">Staurakios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_I_Rangabe" title="Michael I Rangabe">Michael I Rangabe</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Theophylact_(son_of_Michael_I)" title="Theophylact (son of Michael I)">Theophylact</a></i> & <i><a href="/wiki/Staurakios_(son_of_Michael_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Staurakios (son of Michael I)">Staurakios</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_V_the_Armenian" title="Leo V the Armenian">Leo V</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Constantine_(son_of_Leo_V)" title="Constantine (son of Leo V)">Constantine</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_II" title="Michael II">Michael II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilos_(emperor)" title="Theophilos (emperor)">Theophilos</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Constantine_(son_of_Theophilos)" title="Constantine (son of Theophilos)">Constantine</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_(wife_of_Theophilos)" title="Theodora (wife of Theophilos)">Theodora (II)</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Thekla_(daughter_of_Theophilos)" title="Thekla (daughter of Theophilos)">Thekla</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_III" title="Michael III">Michael III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_I" title="Basil I">Basil I</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Constantine_(son_of_Basil_I)" title="Constantine (son of Basil I)">Constantine</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_VI_the_Wise" title="Leo VI the Wise">Leo VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_(Byzantine_emperor)" title="Alexander (Byzantine emperor)">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_VII" title="Constantine VII">Constantine VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanos_I_Lekapenos" title="Romanos I Lekapenos">Romanos I Lekapenos</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lekapenos" title="Christopher Lekapenos">Christopher</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lekapenos" title="Stephen Lekapenos">Stephen</a></i> & <i><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Lekapenos" title="Constantine Lekapenos">Constantine Lekapenos</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanos_II" title="Romanos II">Romanos II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas" title="Nikephoros II Phokas">Nikephoros II Phokas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_I_Tzimiskes" title="John I Tzimiskes">John I Tzimiskes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_II" title="Basil II">Basil II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_VIII" title="Constantine VIII">Constantine VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Porphyrogenita" title="Zoe Porphyrogenita">Zoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanos_III_Argyros" title="Romanos III Argyros">Romanos III Argyros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_IV_the_Paphlagonian" title="Michael IV the Paphlagonian">Michael IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_V_Kalaphates" title="Michael V Kalaphates">Michael V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_IX_Monomachos" title="Constantine IX Monomachos">Constantine IX Monomachos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_Porphyrogenita" title="Theodora Porphyrogenita">Theodora (III)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_VI_Bringas" title="Michael VI Bringas">Michael VI Bringas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_I_Komnenos" title="Isaac I Komnenos">Isaac I Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_X_Doukas" title="Constantine X Doukas">Constantine X Doukas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eudokia_Makrembolitissa" title="Eudokia Makrembolitissa">Eudokia Makrembolitissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanos_IV_Diogenes" title="Romanos IV Diogenes">Romanos IV Diogenes</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Leo_Diogenes" title="Leo Diogenes">Leo</a></i> & <i><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_Diogenes" title="Nikephoros Diogenes">Nikephoros</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_VII_Doukas" title="Michael VII Doukas">Michael VII Doukas</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_Doukas_(co-emperor)" title="Andronikos Doukas (co-emperor)">Andronikos</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Konstantios_Doukas" title="Konstantios Doukas">Konstantios</a></i> & <i><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Doukas_(co-emperor)" title="Constantine Doukas (co-emperor)">Constantine Doukas</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_III_Botaneiates" title="Nikephoros III Botaneiates">Nikephoros III Botaneiates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Doukas_(co-emperor)" title="Constantine Doukas (co-emperor)">Constantine Doukas</a></i>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John II Komnenos</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_II_Komnenos" title="Alexios II Komnenos">Alexios II Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_I_Komnenos" title="Andronikos I Komnenos">Andronikos I Komnenos</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/John_Komnenos_(son_of_Andronikos_I)" title="John Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)">John</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_II_Angelos" title="Isaac II Angelos">Isaac II Angelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_III_Angelos" title="Alexios III Angelos">Alexios III Angelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_IV_Angelos" title="Alexios IV Angelos">Alexios IV Angelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_V_Doukas" title="Alexios V Doukas">Alexios V Doukas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_I_Laskaris" title="Theodore I Laskaris">Theodore I Laskaris</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Laskaris_(son_of_Theodore_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Laskaris (son of Theodore I)">Nicholas</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_III_Vatatzes" class="mw-redirect" title="John III Vatatzes">John III Vatatzes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_II_Laskaris" title="Theodore II Laskaris">Theodore II Laskaris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_IV_Laskaris" title="John IV Laskaris">John IV Laskaris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_VIII_Palaiologos" title="Michael VIII Palaiologos">Michael VIII Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_II_Palaiologos" title="Andronikos II Palaiologos">Andronikos II Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_IX_Palaiologos" title="Michael IX Palaiologos">Michael IX Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_III_Palaiologos" title="Andronikos III Palaiologos">Andronikos III Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_V_Palaiologos" title="John V Palaiologos">John V Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_VI_Kantakouzenos" title="John VI Kantakouzenos">John VI Kantakouzenos</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Kantakouzenos" title="Matthew Kantakouzenos">Matthew</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_IV_Palaiologos" title="Andronikos IV Palaiologos">Andronikos IV Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_VII_Palaiologos" title="John VII Palaiologos">John VII Palaiologos</a> (w. <i><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_V_Palaiologos" title="Andronikos V Palaiologos">Andronikos V</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_II_Palaiologos" title="Manuel II Palaiologos">Manuel II Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_VIII_Palaiologos" title="John VIII Palaiologos">John VIII Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos" title="Constantine XI Palaiologos">Constantine XI Palaiologos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gallic_Empire" title="Gallic Empire">Gallic emperors</a> (260–274)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palmyrene_monarchs" title="List of Palmyrene monarchs">Palmyrene emperors</a> (267–273)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carausian_revolt" title="Carausian revolt">Britannic emperors</a> (286–296)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Trapezuntine_emperors" title="List of Trapezuntine emperors">Trapezuntine emperors</a> (1204–1461)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Thessalonica" title="Empire of Thessalonica">Thessalonian emperors</a> (1224–1242)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_and_Byzantine_empresses" title="List of Roman and Byzantine empresses">Empresses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Augustae" title="List of Augustae">Augustae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_usurper" title="Roman usurper">Usurpers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Roman_usurpers" title="List of Roman usurpers">Classical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_usurpers" title="List of Byzantine usurpers">Eastern</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Italics indicates a junior co-emperor, underlining indicates an emperor variously regarded as either legitimate or a usurper</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Komnenoi_of_the_Byzantine_Empire_and_the_Empire_of_Trebizond529" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_Komnenos" title="Nikephoros Komnenos">Nikephoros Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos" title="Manuel Erotikos Komnenos">Manuel Erotikos Komnenos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">2nd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Isaac_I_Komnenos" title="Isaac I Komnenos">Isaac I Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Komnenos_(Domestic_of_the_Schools)" title="John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)">John Komnenos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Komnenos_(kouropalates)" title="Manuel Komnenos (kouropalates)">Manuel Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(brother_of_Alexios_I)" title="Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)">Isaac Komnenos</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrianos_Komnenos" title="Adrianos Komnenos">Adrianos Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_Komnenos_(brother_of_Alexios_I)" title="Nikephoros Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)">Nikephoros Komnenos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">4th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Komnenos_(governor_of_Dyrrhachium)" title="John Komnenos (governor of Dyrrhachium)">John Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(governor_of_Dyrrhachium)" title="Alexios Komnenos (governor of Dyrrhachium)">Alexios Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Komnenos" title="Constantine Komnenos">Constantine Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_IV_of_Ohrid" title="John IV of Ohrid">Adrianos/John IV, Archbishop of Ohrid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Komnene" title="Anna Komnene">Anna Komnene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Komnene_(daughter_of_Alexios_I)" title="Maria Komnene (daughter of Alexios I)">Maria Komnene</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John II Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_Komnenos_(son_of_Alexios_I)" title="Andronikos Komnenos (son of Alexios I)">Andronikos Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_Alexios_I)" title="Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I)">Isaac Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eudokia_Komnene_(daughter_of_Alexios_I)" title="Eudokia Komnene (daughter of Alexios I)">Eudokia Komnene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_Komnene_(daughter_of_Alexios_I)" title="Theodora Komnene (daughter of Alexios I)">Theodora Komnene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">5th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(co-emperor)" title="Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor)">Alexios Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II)" title="Andronikos Komnenos (son of John II)">Andronikos Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II)" title="Isaac Komnenos (son of John II)">Isaac Komnenos</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tzelepes_Komnenos" title="John Tzelepes Komnenos">John Tzelepes Komnenos</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_I_Komnenos" title="Andronikos I Komnenos">Andronikos I Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">6th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Doukas_Komnenos" title="John Doukas Komnenos">John Doukas Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_Komnene,_Duchess_of_Austria" title="Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria">Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(protosebastos)" title="Alexios Komnenos (protosebastos)">Alexios Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Komnene,_Queen_of_Hungary" title="Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary">Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_Komnene,_Queen_of_Jerusalem" title="Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem">Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Komnene_(daughter_of_Manuel_I)" title="Maria Komnene (daughter of Manuel I)">Maria Komnene</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_II_Komnenos" title="Alexios II Komnenos">Alexios II Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexios_Komnenos_(illegitimate_son_of_Manuel_I)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexios Komnenos (illegitimate son of Manuel I) (page does not exist)">Alexios Komnenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Komnenos_(son_of_Andronikos_I)" title="Manuel Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)">Manuel Komnenos</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_Komnenos_(son_of_Andronikos_I)" title="John Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)">John Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Komnenos_(son_of_Andronikos_I)" title="Alexios Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)">Alexios Komnenos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">7th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Komnene,_Queen_of_Jerusalem" title="Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem">Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_Komnene,_Princess_of_Antioch" title="Theodora Komnene, Princess of Antioch">Theodora Komnene, Princess of Antioch</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/David_Komnenos" title="David Komnenos">David Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_of_Trebizond" title="Alexios I of Trebizond">Alexios I Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">8th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/John_I_of_Trebizond" title="John I of Trebizond">John I Axouchos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_of_Trebizond" title="Manuel I of Trebizond">Manuel I Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">9th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_II_of_Trebizond" title="Andronikos II of Trebizond">Andronikos II Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Theodora_of_Trebizond" title="Theodora of Trebizond">Theodora Megale Komnene</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/George,_Emperor_of_Trebizond" title="George, Emperor of Trebizond">George Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_II_of_Trebizond" title="John II of Trebizond">John II Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">10th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_II_of_Trebizond" title="Alexios II of Trebizond">Alexios II Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_of_Trebizond" title="Michael of Trebizond">Michael Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">11th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_III_of_Trebizond" title="Andronikos III of Trebizond">Andronikos III Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Basil_of_Trebizond" title="Basil of Trebizond">Basil Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Anna_Anachoutlou" title="Anna Anachoutlou">Anna Anachoutlou</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_III_of_Trebizond" title="John III of Trebizond">John III Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">12th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Manuel_II_of_Trebizond" title="Manuel II of Trebizond">Manuel II Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_III_of_Trebizond" title="Alexios III of Trebizond">Alexios III Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">13th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna_of_Trebizond,_Queen_of_Georgia" title="Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia">Anna Megale Komnene, Queen of Georgia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manuel_III_of_Trebizond" title="Manuel III of Trebizond">Manuel III Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eudokia_of_Trebizond" title="Eudokia of Trebizond">Eudokia Megale Komnene, Lady of Sinop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">14th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_IV_of_Trebizond" title="Alexios IV of Trebizond">Alexios IV Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">15th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/John_IV_of_Trebizond" title="John IV of Trebizond">John IV Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_of_Trebizond" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria of Trebizond">Maria Megale Komnene, Byzantine Empress</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_of_Trebizond" title="Alexander of Trebizond">Alexander Megas Komnenos</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/David_of_Trebizond" title="David of Trebizond">David Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">16th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Despina_Khatun" title="Despina Khatun">Theodora Megale Komnene ("Despina Khatun")</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Alexios_V_of_Trebizond" title="Alexios V of Trebizond">Alexios V Megas Komnenos</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Uncertain generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eudokia_Komnene,_Lady_of_Montpellier" title="Eudokia Komnene, Lady of Montpellier">Eudokia Komnene, Lady of 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