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Alexius I Comnenus

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A·lex·i·us I Com·ne·nus  (-lks-s; km-nns) 1048-1118.
Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118) whose reign was marked by the First Crusade (1096-1099).
Alexius I Comnenus [əˈlɛksɪəs kɒmˈniːnəs]
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(Biographies / Comnenus, Alexius (1048-1118) M, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1048-1118, ruler of the Byzantine Empire (1081-1118)
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It begins on a somewhat hopeful note in the late eleventh century, with the rise to power of Alexius I Comnenus a decade after the resounding defeat of Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert.
Byzantium: The Decline and Fall by Bankston, Carl L., III / Commonweal
 
 
 
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