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 | | Alexius I (1081-1118) literally rebuilt the empire, and created a state that lasted far longer and better than one could expect, but it still was an heartless creature, which could not stay alive for long. |
 | | With this alliance however Alexius could stop the advance of the Norman Duke Robert, who tried to invade Greece, and moved his attention to the northern front, where the Patzinaks were invading the territory south of the Danube, and besieged Constantinople in 1090. |
 | | Alexius II was only twelve in 1180, and the regency was assumed by his mother Mary of Antioch, hated by the population, and in 1182 Andronicus Comnenus cousin of Manuel and governor of the Pontus, gained the power, keeping however Alexius in charge with him. |
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