Ruler · 1088 – 1143

John II Komnenos

Lived 1088 – 1143; politician. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 1118 – 1143; also in the line of Komnenos.

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Lived: 1088 – 1143; 55 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 86th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

82 before

Romanos IV Diogenes1068 – 1071

Nikephoros III Botaneiates1078 – 1081

Alexios I Komnenos1081 – 1118

John II Komnenos1118 – 1143

Manuel I Komnenos1143 – 1180

Alexios II Komnenos1180 – 1183

Andronikos I Komnenos1183 – 1185

24 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 1118 – 1143 · 25 years · came to it aged 31

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

John II succeeded his father as ruling basileus in 1118.

Also in the line of Komnenos (2nd of 5).

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