Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (first known; possibly founder) Isaac I Komnenos (first emperor)
Final ruler
Andronikos I Komnenos (Byzantine Empire) David Megas Komnenos (Empire of Trebizond)
Final head
John Komnenos Molyvdos
Titles
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Emperor of Trebizond
Queen of Jerusalem*
Princess of Antioch*
Duchess of Athens*
* by marriage
Dissolution
1719[citation needed]
Deposition
1185 (Byzantine Empire) 1461 (Empire of Trebizond)
The House of Komnenos (pl. Komnenoi; Greek: Κομνηνός, pl. Κομνηνοί, [komniˈni]), Latinized as Comnenus (pl. Comneni), was a Byzantine Greek noble family who ruled the Byzantine Empire in the 11th and 12th centuries. The first reigning member, Isaac I Komnenos, ruled from 1057 to 1059. The family returned to power under Alexios I Komnenos in 1081 who established their rule for the following 104 years until it ended with Andronikos I Komnenos in 1185. In the 13th century, they founded and ruled the Empire of Trebizond, a Byzantine rump state from 1204 to 1461.[1] At that time, they were commonly referred to as Grand Komnenoi (Μεγαλοκομνηνοί, Megalokomnenoi), a style that was officially adopted and used by George Komnenos and his successors. Through intermarriages with other noble families, notably the Doukas, Angelos, and Palaiologos, the Komnenos name appears among most of the major noble houses of the late Byzantine world.
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Comnenus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 793.
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Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Ἐρωτικός Κομνηνός, romanized: Manouēl Erōtikos Komnēnos; 955/960 – c. 1020) was a Byzantine military leader under...
Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. As imperial relatives, the Angeloi held various high titles and military commands under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. In 1185, following...
1230, where Theodore Komnenos Doukas was captured. Reduced to a Bulgarian vassal, Theodore's brother and successor Manuel Komnenos Doukas was unable to...
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in Turkey). Alexios and David Komnenos, grandsons and last male descendants of the deposed emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, pressed their claims as Roman...
to the throne following the deposition of Andronikos I Komnenos, the last male-line Komnenos to rise to the throne. The Angeloi were female-line descendants...
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Alexander Komnenos Asen (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κομνηνός Ασέν; Bulgarian: Александър Комнин Асен) was the son of Despot John Komnenos Asen[citation needed]...
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