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	Alexius I Comnenus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Comnena, Anna (1083-1148?), Byzantine princess and historian, daughter of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, born in Constantinople (present-day...
		Alexius Comnenus was emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire at the time of the First Crusade.
		Alexios I Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus (Greek: Αλέξιος Α' Κομνηνός, Alexios I Komnēnos) (1048 August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081 1118), was the nephew of Isaac I Komnenos...
	encarta.msn.com /Alexius_I_Comnenus.html (227 words)

	Alexius I - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		ALEXIUS I. emperor of the East, was the third son of John Comnenus, nephew of Isaac Comnenus, emperor 1057-10J9.
		His father declined the throne on the abdication of Isaac, who was accordingly succeeded by four emperors of other families between that date and 1081.
		Botaniates was forced to abdicate and retire to a monastery, and Isaac declined the crown in favour of his younger brother Alexius, who then became emperor in the 33rd year of his age.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Alexius_I (450 words)

	Alexius I Comnenus
		Alexius I (1048 –; August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081–-1118), was the third son of John Comnenus, the nephew of Isaac I Comnenus (emperor 1057-–1059).
		Alexius' involvement with Maria continued and shortly after his daughter Anna Comnena was born, she was betrothed to Constantine Ducas and moved to live at the Mangana Palace with him and Maria.
		Alexius was for many years under the strong influence of an eminence grise, his mother Anna Dalassena, a wise and immensely able politician whom, in a uniquely irregular fashion, he had crowned as Empress Augusta instead of the rightful claimant to the title, his wife Irene.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Medieval/Bio/AlexiusIComnenus.html (802 words)

	Britannicaindia.com: Britannica Browse
		Alexius was the son of Manuel I Comnenus and Maria, daughter of Raymond, prince of Antioch.
		Alexius was the son of Emperor Isaac II.
		Byzantine emperor in 1204, son-in-law of Alexius III Angelus.
	www.britannicaindia.com /britannica_browse/a/a20.html (1786 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alexius
		Alexius I (Alexius Comnenus), 1048-1118, Byzantine emperor (1081-1118).
		Alexius II (Alexius Comnenus), 1168-83, Byzantine emperor (1180-83), son and successor of Manuel I. His mother, Mary of Antioch, who was regent for him, alienated the population by favoring the Latin element in Constantinople.
		John II (John Comnenus), 1088-1143, Byzantine emperor (1118-43), son and successor of Alexius I. He was crowned despite the intrigues of his sister, Anna Comnena, and of his mother, Irene.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Alexius (619 words)

	Travel Guide To Turkey, Guide de la Turquie, GUIDE MARTINE, Guide to Turkey, Guide de Turquie, Travel, Turkey, Voyage, ...
		But during the Fourth Crusade, Constantinople was burnt and pillaged, the Basileus (the emperor) was overthrown and Baldwin of Flanders was crowned Latin Emperor of Orient by the Papal Legate.
		In 626, when Constantinople was besieged by the Avars while Emperor Heraclius was campaigning against the Persians, the saving of the city was attributed to the intervention of the Theotokos (Mother of God) after the icon was carried in procession along the city walls.
		This high-ranking army officer was the leader of a conspiracy aiming at murdering Emperor Alexius Comnenus I. But somebody revealed the plot and Anemas and his companions were sentenced to death after having their eyes gouged out.
	www.guide-martine.com /istanbul_2.asp (3215 words)

	The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages: Topic 3: Texts and Contexts
		Anna Comnena's biography of her father the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus (reigned 1081–1118) is an important historical and literary document of the period that includes the First Crusade.
		I, Anna, daughter of the Emperor Alexius and the Empress Irene, born and bred in the Purple,
		Alexius was a shrewd judge of a man's character, cleverly reading the innermost thoughts of his heart, and knowing the spiteful, malevolent nature of Bohemond, he rightly guessed what would happen.
	www.wwnorton.com /nael/middleages/topic_3/comnena.htm (3326 words)

	hremperors
		Basil I (812-886) `the Macedonian´ Byzantine emperor 867-86 and founder of the Macedonian dynasty.
		The spiritual influence of the western division of the church expanded simultaneously, in particular during the pontificate (590-604) of Gregory I. As the political prestige of the Byzantine Empire declined, the papacy grew increasingly resentful of interference by secular and ecclesiastical authorities at Constantinople in the affairs and practices of the Western church.
		Charles was the son of Philip I, king of Castile, and Joanna the Mad; maternal grandson of Ferdinand V of Castile and Isabella I; paternal grandson of the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I; and great-grandson of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/hremperors.htm (8194 words)

	Crusades. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Late in the 11th cent., Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, threatened by the Seljuk Turks, appealed to the West for aid.
		Alexius (later Alexius IV), son of the deposed Byzantine emperor Isaac II and brother-in-law of Philip of Swabia, a sponsor of the crusade, joined the army at Zara and persuaded the leaders to help him depose his uncle, Alexius III.
		The Sixth Crusade, 1228–29, undertaken by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, was simply a peaceful visit, in the course of which the emperor made a truce with the Muslims, securing the partial surrender of Jerusalem and other holy places.
	www.bartleby.com /65/cr/Crusades.html (2318 words)

	Crusade - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The trigger for the First Crusade was Emperor Alexius I's appeal to Pope Urban II for mercenaries to help him resist Muslim advances into territory of the Byzantine Empire.
		In the Byzantine homelands the Eastern Emperor's weakness was revealed by the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, which reduced the Empire's Asian territory to a region in western Anatolia and around Constantinople.
		After Byzantine emperor Alexius I called for help with defending his empire against the Seljuk Turks, in 1095 Pope Urban II called upon all Christians to join a war against the Turks, a war which would count as full penance.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/r/u/Crusades.html (3606 words)

	32nd Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		BIOGRAPHY: Alexius I Comnenus was the Byzantine emperor (from 1081to 1118) at the time of the First Crusade, who founded the Comnenian dynasty and partially restored the strength of the empire after its defeats by the Normans and Turks in the 11th century.
		But judgments of Alexius must be tempered by allowing for the extent to which he was handicapped by the inherited internal weaknesses of the Byzantine state and, even more, by the series of crises precipitated by the western European crusaders from 1097 onward.
		Alexius died in August 1118, and Irene, frustrated in her attempts to deprive John of the throne, retired to a monastery that she had previously founded in Constantinople.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /gneville/aqwg47.htm (1697 words)

	Alexius IV Angelus information - Search.com
		Alexius accompanied Boniface back to the Crusader fleet, which had moved on to Corcyra, and the Venetians were in favour of the plan when they learned of it.
		Alexius was paraded outside the walls, but the citizens were apathetic, as Alexius III, though a usurper and illegitimate in the eyes of the westerners, was an acceptable emperor for the Byzantine citizens.
		Alexius did manage to raise half the sum promised, by appropriating treasures from the church and by confiscating the property of his enemies.
	www.search.com /reference/Alexius_IV_Angelus (723 words)

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		In 1071, Alp Arslan defeated the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes at the Battle of Manzikert (Malazgirt) north of Van.
		The new emperor expelled the Normans from Thessalonic and Dyrrachium (Albania), but Bulgaria and Serbia rebelled and he had to face the danger of the Third Crusade when Frederick I Barbarossa marched through his lands and captured Philippopolis (Bulgaria) and Adrianople (Edirne).
		Emperor Constantine XI Dragases appealed in vain to the West for help, for the pope, in return, insisted on the union of the Greeks to the Roman Catholic Church.
	www.guide-martine.com /history6.asp (2433 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comnena: The Alexiad: Book III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Emperor who from infancy had received a good education and always conformed to his mother's counsels, and was imbued with a deep-seated awe of God, was now tortured with remorse for the plundering of the city, which had taken place on his occupation of it, and brought suffering upon all the inhabitants.
		IX Alexius saw that the Empire was nearly at its last gasp, for in the East the Turks were grievously harassing the frontiers whilst in the West things were very bad, as Robert was letting out every reef in his endeavour to foist that Pseudo-Michael, who had appealed to him, upon the throne.
		As Alexius was hearing from many quarters of the tremendous onset Robert was preparing and of the immense number of troops he had collected, and that he was hastening on his march to the coast of Lombardy, he gladly received the proposal of peace.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/annacomnena-alexiad03.html (8777 words)

	Crusaders, Greeks, and Muslims by Sanderson Beck
		Emperor Alexius wrote to the crusaders, whose numbers had greatly dwindled, that he would bring an army if they would wait until the end of June.
		Former emperor Alexius III joined the Seljuks, who fought for his claim; but they were defeated by Theodore's Greeks and 800 Latin mercenaries in 1211; Kai-Khusrau was killed, and Alexius III spent the rest of his life in a monastery.
		Emperor John Vatatzes was later declared a saint for his beneficent rule that relieved the poor, founded hospitals, provided homes for the aged, built churches, and fortified the frontiers.
	www.san.beck.org /AB18-Crusaders.html (21728 words)

	The Fading Suns MUSH
		Entourage: As Emperor, Alexius is almost always surrounded by throngs of advisors, bodyguards, and hopeful sychophants.
		Some might say that Vargo is an intermediate exile for some who have displeased the Emperor: a troubled frontier world likely to keep anyone he sends there too busy to plot against him, while close enough to the throneworld to be recalled quickly should they earn their way back into his good graces.
		Alexius clearly has plans for this once lost world, plans that might foretell what lies in store for the rest of the Known Worlds.
	fadingsuns.org /alexius_frame.htm (441 words)

	First Crusade
		But while Alexius was keen to secure Constantinople’s eastern frontiers and eager to hire Western mercenaries in order to achieve such an objective, he never envisaged that his counterparts in the West would launch anything like a huge military crusade to remove the infidel from the Holy Land.
		Alexius managed to avoid granting this ambitious request by insinuating that such a move was far too premature.
		Indeed, that Alexius sought to use the crusaders as mere pawns in his efforts to rebuild a shrinking empire is best demonstrated by the fact that, in May 1097, the Anatolian Turkish capital at Nicæa chose to surrender to the Byzantines rather than to the crusaders themselves (thus depriving them of the spoils of war).
	www.barnesreview.org /html/first_crusade.html (2451 words)

	The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
		News of their difficulty spread quickly to the courts of Europe, and reached Alexius Angelos, the crown prince of Constantinople, who at that time was living in exile in the West.
		If they did so, furthermore, Prince Alexius would pay them two hundred thousand silver marks, provision the entire army, provide ten thousand men to go with them to Egypt (this was another of their planned side trips), and, for as long as he lived, protect Frankish possessions in the East.
		Alexius, who now arrived in person, was taken on board, and the Crusaders, with stops at various Byzantine ports to demand the people’s allegiance and make off with their food supplies, proceeded to Constantinople.
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	Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comnena: The Alexiad: Book II
		II The Emperor was now too old to have expectations of a son and as he dreaded the inevitable stroke of death, he began to consider the question of his successor.
		Alexius immediately told him the reason, saying: "Because the Emperor has sent for me." So they went in together and made the customary obeisance, and as it was nearly the hour for lunch the Emperor told them to stay for a little and then commanded them to sit down at table with him.
		The Emperor at once sent for Alexius and asked him whether this report was true; to which Alexius immediately answered that part of the army was coming in by his, the Emperor's, orders, and as for the whole of it being assembled there from all parts he parried the question plausibly.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/annacomnena-alexiad02.html (7875 words)

	Emperor Alexius - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
		Turns out, Alexius was only asking for 500 of the Western's best knights, but rather he got 60,000 total Crusaders at the gates of Constantinople that could storm his city and take it over easily.
		Sure Alexius was smart, but what he forgot was when the Crusaders conquered the cities, how would he control them when they had their own resources from the cities conquered.
		Emperor Alexius I Comnenus is a very interesting subject, and i'm glad you started it FLavius Valerius Constantinus! I don't have a History Channel (More's the pity), but i have studied quite a bit on Alexius Comnenus.
	www.unrv.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2455&st=0 (677 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comnena: The Alexiad: Book I
		However, on that occasion the Emperor Diogenes did not allow him to accompany him, as a heavy sorrow had befallen Alexius' mother, for she was then mourning the death of her firstborn son, Manuel, a man who had done great and admirable deeds for his country.
		Alexius did not wait for the allies as he heard that the enemy was pushing on fast, but armed himself and his army, marched out from the Royal City, and passing through Thrace, pitched his camp without palisades or trenches near the river Halmyrus.
		For it was not the nature of Alexius to proceed to extremities against his opponents after their capture as he considered that being captured was in itself sufficient punishment, but after their capture he treated them with clemency, friendliness and [20] generosity.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/annacomnena-alexiad01.html (12815 words)

	Arounder: Cyprus: Cyprus: Cyprus: Cyprus: Virtual Tour, Hotel, Hotels, Booking, Accomodations, Limassol, Pafos, ...
		Holy because of the purpose, royal becase it was founded by the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comneus, stravropegiac because it was founded with a cross driven into its foundation...and Kykko...nobody knows.
		The history wants that Mary appeared to the Emperor in dream and remember him to send this icon to Cyprus, when - in fact - he had prepared a fake to be sent there.
		Nearby Omodos, the Monastery of Stavros or of the Holy Cross, was founded in 327 AD by Saint Helen - mother of the Emperor Costantine -, who left a considerable amount of relics on the island, recollected during a pilgrimage she performed in the Holy Land.
	cyprus.arounder.com (1308 words)

	The First Crusade, an Overview
		Alexius had advised them to wait for the main crusader armies, but by this time the multinational horde was out of control.
		Alexius distributed the spoils, including food and money, but he would not allow the crusaders to pillage the city – a move that was later to be the cause of a lot of bitterness.
		The Emperor, who had been approaching with an army to help capture Antioch, was persuaded by Stephen of Blois that the situation was hopeless.
	www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk /firstcrusade/Overview/Overview.htm (2130 words)

	chronological 1095 - 1099
		Alexius I had welcomed these first Crusaders, but they are so decimated by hunger and disease that they cause a great deal of trouble, looting churches and houses around Constantinople.
		Emperor Alexius I Comnenus of Constantinople makes a deal with the Turks that puts the city in his hands and kicks the Crusaders out.
		For this, Alexius is never forgiven by the Crusaders and many would claim that Alexius' failure to help them released them from their vows of fealty to him.
	www.allcrusades.com /CHRONOLOGICAL/chrono-1095-1099.html (3373 words)

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