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Andronikos I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor (1118–1185)

9 dated entries naming Andronikos I Komnenos, drawn from 7 separate years between 1118 CE and 1185 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

  • 1118Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1185)source
  • 1145Manuel Komnenos, son of Andronikos I (d. 1185)source
  • 1153Spring – Andronikos I Komnenos, son of Isaac Komnenos, is imprisoned in the imperial palace for conspiring against his uncle, Emperor Manuel I (Komenenos) at Constantinople.source
  • 1165Andronikos I Komnenos, a cousin of Manuel I, escapes from prison at Constantinople. After passing through many dangers, he reaches Kiev and seeks refuge at the court of Prince Yaroslav Osmomysl.source
  • 1182August – Andronikos Komnenos, a cousin of Maria's late husband, Emperor Manuel I (Komnenos), raises an army and enters the city, representing himself as the 'protector' of Alexios. He is proclaimed as co-emperor under the name Andronikos I, and has Maria imprisoned and later condemned to be strangled – forcing a signature from Alexios to put his mother to death.source
  • 1183Alexios II is compelled to condemn his own mother to death. In September, Andronikos Komenos is formally proclaimed Byzantine Emperor before the crowd on the terrace of the Church of Christ of the Chalke. By the end of the month, Andronikos orders Alexios' assassination; the young emperor is strangled in secret with a bow-string and his body thrown in the Bósporos.source
  • 1183Andronikos I marries Alexios II's widow, the 11-year-old Agnes of France.source
  • 1185September 11–12 – Isaac II Angelos leads a revolt in Constantinople and deposes Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos. Andronikos tries in vain to flee across Asia but is captured and killed by an angry mob. Isaac is proclaimed emperor, ending the Komnenos Dynasty.source
  • 1185September 12 – Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor, assassinated (b. 1118)source

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