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	Isaac II Angelus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Isaac II Angelus (or Isaakios Angelos) (September 1156-1204), was the Byzantine emperor from 1185-1195, and again 1203-1204.
		Isaac escaped and took refuge in the church of Hagia Sophia.
		Isaac inaugurated his reign with a decisive victory over the Normans in Sicily, but elsewhere his policy was less successful.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isaac_II (634 words)

	Isaac II Angelus -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Isaac's reign was inaugurated by the decisive victory of his general Alexius Branas over the Normans who, after invading the empire and sacking Thessalonica (1185), were then driven off Greek soil (except for the islands of Cephalonia and Zacynthus [modern Zante]).
		Isaac II failed to crush the revolt of the Bulgarians and Walachians that broke out toward the end of that year, even though he led expeditions against them in 1186–87.
		Isaac tried to protect himself by concluding a treaty with Saladin, the sultan of Egypt, but he was soon forced to assist Frederick; Isaac concluded the Treaty of Adrianople with him in February 1190, and in the following month Frederick's forces were transported across the Hellespont to Asia Minor.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9042836 (1108 words)

	30th Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Frederick was the son of Frederick II, duke of Swabia, and Judith, daughter of Henry IX, duke of Bavaria, of the rival dynasty of the Welfs.
		BIOGRAPHY: Isaac Angelus II was the Byzantine emperor who, although incapable of stemming administrative abuses, partly succeeded, by his defeat of the Serbians in 1190, in retrieving imperial fortunes in the Balkans.
		Isaac II failed to crush the revolt of the Bulgarians and Walachians that broke out toward the end of that year, even though he led expeditions against them in 1186 to 1187.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /gneville/aqwg28.htm (3993 words)

	Constantinople
		In 443 Theodosius II came to terms; his subsidy to the Huns was to be doubled, and a great territory south of the Danube was to be left waste, a no-man's-land, between the two empires.
		The accession of another soldier, Michael II the Amorian (the stammerer) was attended by outbreaks of rebellion and his nine year reign was mainly memorable for the loss of Crete to the Corsairs and the invasion of Sicily by the Aglabids.
		Alexius IV was strangled and Isaac II is said to have died of grief at the news of the murder of his son.
	www.roman-empire.net /constant/constantinople.html (13388 words)

	The Byzantine Empire during the Crusades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Isaac was able to drive the Normans out of Thessalonica and tried to move quickly to establish stability.
		Isaac ignored him, but this was the pretext on which Henry VI launched his crusade.
		In 1195, Isaac was on the verge of invading Hungary, but he fell victim to a palace plot.
	crusades.boisestate.edu /byzantium/09.shtml (395 words)

	B466
		Isaac standing,wearing crown, divitision and lorus, and sagion.
		Isaac II In June 1185, William II of Sicily and an army of eighty thousand men sailed from Messina to Durazzo and by 8th August was encamped outside Thessalonica.
		Isaac sent his most ablest general, Alexius Branas, to deal with the Sicilians, whose fleet was already in the sea of Marmara.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of Byzantine Emperors
		Michael II the Amorian (770-829, ruled 820 - 829) – son-in-law of Constantine VI Theophilus (813-842, ruled 829 - 842) – son of Michael II Michael III the Drunkard (840-867, ruled 842 - 867) – son of Theophilus
		Alexius III Angelus (1153-1211, ruled 1195 - 1203) – brother of Isaac II Alexius IV Angelus (1182-1204, ruled 1203 - 1204) – son of Isaac II Isaac II Angelus (restored with Alexius IV, 1203 - 1204)
		In 1453 Mehmed II overthrew the Byzantine Empire and claimed the title of Caesar; his successors continued this claim.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor (1353 words)

	Isaac II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The great grandson of Alexius I, he was proclaimed emperor by the mob that had killed the unpopular Andronicus I. Isaac repulsed (1185) an invasion by the Normans under William II of Sicily but was unable to suppress the rebellious Bulgars.
		Angelus, Byzantine emperors - Angelus, family name and dynasty of three Byzantine emperors (1185–1204): see Isaac II;...
		William II, king of Sicily - William II (William the Good), c.1153–1189, king of Sicily (1166–89), son and successor...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0825533.html (177 words)

	Fourth Crusade, 1202-1204
		The Emperor Isaac II Angelus of Byzantium had been deposed in 1195 after ten years of rule by his brother Alexius III, under whose rule the Empire began to collapse.
		Alexius, son of Isaac II was probably involved in the decision to travel to Constantinople.
		Overnight Alexius III fled, and Isaac II was freed from prison and restored, to rule jointly with his son, now Alexius IV.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/wars_crusade4th.html (287 words)

	Evans - pafn41 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Isaac II Angelus, of the Comnenus family, led a revolt and deposed Andronicus I, Whom he had tortured and executed.
		Isaac reigned 10 years, and undid much of the good his predecessor Andronicus had begun, and the Byzantine Empire began to deteriorate.
		Isaac was blinded, and kept prisoner until he died in 1204.
	www.myevansfamily.com /Frank_s_Genealogy/Evans/pafn41.htm (633 words)

	Alexius IV Angelus - TheBestLinks.com - Alexius V, Constantinople, Venice, 1204, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was the son of emperor Isaac II and nephew of Alexius III.
		Emperor Alexius IV The young Alexius was imprisoned in 1195 when Alexius III overthrew Isaac II in a coup.
		Isaac II soon died, possibly of old age but possibly from poison, and Alexius IV was strangled.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Alexius_IV.html (476 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		In 1143 he considered an arrangement whereby King Roger II was to marry his son to Manuel's daughter, but that came to nothing.
		Moreover, Henry's brother Philip of Swabia was married to Irene, the daughter of the now-deposed Isaac II, giving Henry a second claim and reason to invade.
		Vatazes died in 1254 and was succeeded by Theodore II Lascaris.
	the-orb.net /textbooks/crusade/byzantinecru.html (6537 words)

	Roman Emperors DIR Isaac Comnenus, Emperor of Cyprus
		He was ransomed by the emperor Andronicus Comnenus (1183-1185) at the behest of Theodora, the emperor's mistress and Isaac's aunt.
		Thus having gained his freedom, Isaac appeared, in 1183 or 1184, in Cyprus, producing forged imperial letters and claiming to have been appointed the lawful governor of the island.
		The emperor Isaac II Angelus (1185-1195) finally sent a fleet against him in an attempt to restore imperial government, but to no avail.
	www.roman-emperors.org /isaacc.htm (415 words)

	30th Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Amalric (Amaury) II de Lusignan (who died on April 1, 1205) succeeded to the crown of Cyprus and became king of Jerusalem in 1197 by marrying Sibyl's sister Isabella after the death of her two previous husbands.
		Henry de Eu II, Lord Hastings and Count of Eu was born in Hastings, Sussex County, England.
		He was a person of great power and influence during the reigns of Henry II and Richard I, from the former of whom he obtained a grant of the whole kingdom of Limerick, in Ireland, for the service of sixty knights' fees, to be held of the king and his younger son, John.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /jbourchier/aqwg18.htm (5138 words)

	Comnenus - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Their daughter Theodora married into the Angelus family; Theodora's grandsons were the emperors Isaac II Angelus and Alexius III Angelus.
		Remarkably, despite the general tendency for Byzantine emperors to be overthrown after a few years, Alexius ruled for 37, and his son John II ruled for 25, after uncovering a conspiracy against him by his sister, the chronicler Anna Comnena, and her husband Nicephorus Bryennius.
		Thereafter the Comnenus dynasty fell into conspiracies and plots like many of their ancestors; Alexius II ruled for three years and his successor Andronicus I ruled for two, overthrown by the Angelus family under Isaac I. The Angeli were overthrown during the Fourth Crusade in 1204, by a relative from the Ducas family.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Comnenus (486 words)

	Isaac II Angelus - Gurupedia
		Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine emperor 1185-1195, and again
		In 1187 Alexis Branas, the general sent against the rebels, treacherously turned his arms against his master, and attempted to seize
		Isaac died in 1204, shortly after the usurpation of his general,
	www.gurupedia.com /i/is/isaac_ii.htm (284 words)

	Andronicus I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alexius II Though notorious in his younger years for his scandalous morals, he was a competent, if cruel, ruler.
		Isaac II Andronicus was tortured to death by the rabble.
		Alexius II - Alexius II (Alexius Comnenus), 1168–83, Byzantine emperor (1180–83), son and successor...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0803982.html (191 words)

	Isaac II Angelus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Angelus family was of no particular significance until the 12th century, when Theodora, youngest daughter of the emperor Alexius I Comnenus, married Constantine Angelus of Philadelphia (in Anatolia).
		He and his brother Peter II were founders of the Asen dynasty, which survived until the latter half of the 13th century.
		Sir Isaac Newton law of gravity helped prove that the sun was the center of the universe.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9042836 (750 words)

	Late Byzantine Period in Cyprus: AD 965-1191
		Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas of Byzantium, having conquered the coast of Cilicia and defeated the Egyptian fleet, was able to reoccupy Cyprus peacefully in AD965.
		Isaac resisted attacks from the Byzantine emperors Andronicus I Comnesus and Isaac II Angelus, but in 1192, on engaging in hostilities with an English crusader fleet under King Richard I the Lionheart, he was defeated and imprisoned.
		The island was seized by Richard I (the Lionheart), from whom it was acquired by the crusading order of the Knights Templar; because they were unable to pay his price he took it back and sold it to Guy de Lusignan, the dispossessed king of Jerusalem.
	www.cypnet.com /.ncyprus/history/16.htm (275 words)

	biology - List of Byzantine Emperors
		Justinian II Rhinotmetus (the Slit-nosed) (668-711, ruled 685 - 695) – son of Constantine IV
		Basil II Bulgaroktonus (the Bulgar-slayer) (958-1025, ruled 976 - 1025) – son of Romanus II
		Alexius IV Angelus (1182-1204, ruled 1203 - 1204) – son of Isaac II
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Byzantine_Emperors (1481 words)

	Isaac Definition / Isaac Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Isaac or Yitzhak (יִצְחָק "He will laugh.", Standard Hebrew The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
		Isaac was so named because when his mother, SarahSarah (שָׂרָה "Princess", Standard Hebrew Sara, Tiberian Hebrew Śārāh) is a biblical matriarch and the wife of Abraham, the patriarch of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
		ISAAC is a positive step for the field.
	www.elresearch.com /Isaac (342 words)

	Isaac II Angelus -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		His son Alexius diverted the Fourth Crusade to restore him to power (1203), and father and son briefly ruled as co-emperors before being dethroned and killed in a revolution.
		He was the second son of Andronicus Angelus, grandson of Alexius I. In 1195 he was proclaimed emperor by the troops; he captured his brother, the emperor Isaac II, at Stagira in Macedonia and had him blinded and imprisoned.
		Crowned in April 1195, Alexius III was a weak and greedy emperor, and his coup d'état had disastrous results.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9368219 (787 words)

	History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part XVIII, by Risto Stefov
		It was during Isaac II's reign that the newly developed feudal powers in Serbia and Bulgaria were established and became a significant political factor in the Balkans.
		In 1195 Isaac II was deposed and blinded by his brother Alexius III Angelus.
		In Tsari Grad, meanwhile, Michael's son, Andronicus II who reigned from 1282 to 1328, unwisely attempted to economize by cutting down the size of the army and disbanding the navy.
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		The First Crusade took place between 1095-1099 and was launched under the support of Pope Urban II and the Roman Catholic Church to regain control of Jerusalem, liberate the Holy Sepulchre from the Moslems, and to help the Byzantines fight the infidel Seljuk Turks advancing into the heart of Eastern Christendom.
		Tyre was taken later by his successor and cousin Baldwin II The First Crusade was to be the only one to succeed in its objectives.
		Isaac II Angelus renewed their privileges, but Alexius III Angelus harassed the Venetians, favoring the Genoeses and Pisans.
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	ISAAC II - Online Information article about ISAAC II
		ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)
		East 1185-1195, and again 1203-1204, was the successor of Andronicus I. He inaugurated his reign by a decisive victory over the See also:
		Saladin, threw every impediment in his way, and was only compelled by force of arms to fulfil his engagements.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /INV_JED/ISAAC_II.html (493 words)

	Byzantine Coins of Justinian II
		Justinian II, 10 July 685 - late 695 and Summer 705 - 4 November 711 A.D. Joint rule with Tiberius (his son), 705 - 4 Nov 711 A.D. Justinian II took the throne at the young age of sixteen.
		In 705, Justinian II returned to Constantinople with an army of Bulgars and Slavs.
		Justinian II and son, Tiberius, age 6, were put to death.
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	Christians at the Gates
		Emperor Isaac II Angelus, a somewhat dotty ruler, had been deposed and imprisoned by his brother, who ruled as Alexius III.
		Dotty though he might be, Isaac II had nonetheless managed to arrange the marriage of his daughter to Philip, King of the German state of Swabia.
		There he and King Philip devised a fateful plan which they submitted formally to the wayward forces of the Fourth Crusade that were wintering at Zara.
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