For the emperor of Trebizond, see Alexios II of Trebizond.
Alexios II Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Portrait of Alexios II from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras
Byzantine emperor
Reign
24 September 1180 – September 1183
Coronation
1171 as co-emperor
Predecessor
Manuel I Komnenos
Successor
Andronikos I Komnenos
Born
(1169-09-14)14 September 1169 Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died
September 1183 (aged 14) Constantinople
Spouse
Anna of France
(m. 1180)
Dynasty
Komnenos
Father
Manuel I Komnenos
Mother
Maria of Antioch
Alexios II Komnenos (Medieval Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός; 14 September 1169[1][2][3]: 64 [a] – September 1183), Latinized Alexius II Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. He ascended to the throne as a minor. For the duration of his short reign, the imperial power was de facto held by regents.
^Wirth, Peter (1956), "Wann wurde Kaiser Alexios II. geboren? [When was Emperor Alexios II born?]", Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 49: 65–67, doi:10.1515/byzs.1956.49.1.65, S2CID 193204437
^O city of Byzantium: annals of Niketas Choniates, translated by Magoulias, Harry J., Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1984, ISBN 0-8143-1764-2, p. 383
^Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
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^van Dieten, J. L., ed. (1975), Nicetae Choniatae historia, Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 169
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