Ruler · 1118 – 1185

Andronikos I Komnenos

Lived 1118 – 1185; politician, military personnel. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 1183 – 1185; also in the line of Komnenos.

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Lived: 1118 – 1185; 67 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 89th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

85 before

John II Komnenos1118 – 1143

Manuel I Komnenos1143 – 1180

Alexios II Komnenos1180 – 1183

Andronikos I Komnenos1183 – 1185

Isaac II Angelos1185 – 1195

Alexios III Angelos1195 – 1203

Alexios IV Angelos1203 – 1204

21 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1183 – 1185 · 2 years · came to it aged 65

Came to it: seized power
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

then killed within a year of leaving

In 1182, Andronikos seized power in the capital, ostensibly as a guardian of the young emperor.

Also in the line of Komnenos (5th of 5).

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