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Rh COMNENUS. COMNENUS. 821 2. Alexis Duke of Dyrra- chiiiin after 1106., Constantine, Scbastus, Duke of Berrhooa, Magnus Drun- gariu8(?); alive in 1144 (?). 4. Adrian, Sebastus, took orders; died as arch- bishop of Bulgaria- . Joannes, Duke of Dyrra- chium before 1106; treacherously- seized Hugo, Count of Vermandois, third son of king Henry I. of France, one of the chiefs of the first crusade ; Praefcrtus Sacri Cubiculi under the emperor Calo-Joannes ; was destined to marry a relative of Henry III., emperor of Germany ; death unknown. 5. Daughter, was destined to marry Gre- gorius Gabra, Dukeof Tre- bizond. 6. Other children, vir. Nicephorus, Manuel, Stephanus, Joannes, Isaac, and Paul, whose parentage is not well established. From above. II. Alexis I., Emperor [Alexis I.], born probably in 1048 ; began to reign in 1081 ; died in 1118; married 1. a daughter of Argynis, of the noble family of the Argyri; 2. Irene, daughter of Andronicus Ducas, the brother of Constantine X. Ducas. . Calo-Joannes (Jo- 1 2. Andro- 3. Isaac Se- 4. Anna 5. Maria, bom 6. Eudoxia, 1 7. Theodo- annes II.), Emperor nicus bastocrator. [Anna in 1 085 ; mar- married ra, marr. [Calo-Joannes] ; Sebasto- father of An- COMNE- ried Gregorius Constan- Constan- bom in 1088; ob- crator ; dronicus I., na], bom Gabni, duke of tine Ja- tine An- tained the throne in was founder of the in 1083 ; Trebizond, sita ; ill- gelus, the 1118;diedinll43; married ; branch of the died after whose descend- treated ; founder of married Irene, dau. issue un- Comneni of 1137; ants fled to retired to the family of Wladislaus II., known. Trebizond. marr. Ni- France after a convent. of the the Saint, king of See below, Y. cephorus the capture of Angeli. Hungary. Bryennius Constantinople in 1453. 1. Alexis, titular Emperor, bom in 1106, in Mace- donia ; died before his father, probably in 1 1 42, at Attalia, the capital of Pamphylia; his wife, whose name is unluiown, survived him. A daughter, married Alexis Protostratus, son of Joannes Axuch, or Axuchus, the excellent Turkish minister of the emperors Calo-Joannes and ManueL I Andronicus, Sebastocrator ; died shortly after his bro- ther Alexis, and likewise before his father ; his wife was Irene, at whose per- suasion Constantine Ma- nasses wrote his poetical Annals. I Fuither issue, see below III, I. Joannes, Protoves- tiarius, Protosebastus under the emperor Manuel ; killed about 1 174, in a battle against the Turks ; well known to the Latins in Syria and Palestine ; wife un- known. J 2. Alexis, Protostrator, Protovestiarius, Proto- sebastus ; govemed the empire for the minor, Alexis II. ; his arrogance insupportable to many of the Greek nobles, who declared for Andro- nicus Comnenus ; blind- ed and castrated by An- dronicus ; died in prison in 1183. 1 3. Maria, married I.Theodore Dasiota ; 2. Joannes Cantacuze- I 4. Theodora (Calusina), the haughty concubine of the emperor Manuel, by whom she had Alexis. I 5. Eudoxia; first husband un- known ; after hi* death concubine of Andronicus Comnenus, after- wards emperor ; 2. Mich. Gabra, about 1173. I I I 1, Alexis. 2. Maria, 3. Some daughters. married in 1 164, but not in 1 167 as Ducange says, Amaury or Amalric L about 1176, 2. Baliano de Ibelino, an Italian noble. Stephanus, Magnus Drangarius. king of Jerasalem, and, after his death. From above. III. Further Issue of the Emperor Calo-Joannes. 3. Isaac Sebastocrator, 4 . Manuel, 1 5. Maria, 6. A daughter. 7. A daugh- deprived of the suc- Emperor. twin sister married Stepha- ter, married cession by his father ; See below. of Alexis; nus Contostepha- Theodore on good terms with his IV. married Ro- nus, who was Vatatzes, younger brother, the ger, Prince killed in the siege Dux. emperor Manuel ; wife of Capua, of Corcyra, about unknown. Caesar. 1160.