By his first wife, whose name is not known, he had three children:[14], By his niece and mistress Theodora Komnene, Andronikos I had the following children:[20], His second marriage to Anna of France, and his liaisons with his other mistresses, remained childless.[20]. [1] At last he was led to the Hippodrome of Constantinople and hung by his feet between two pillars. Andronikos I Komnenos (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Αʹ Κομνηνός, Andrónikos I Komnēnós; c. 1118 – 12 September 1185), usually Latinized as Andronicus I Comnenus, was Byzantine Emperor from 1183 to 1185. [1] To avoid the vengeance of the Emperor, she fled with Andronikos to the court of Nur ad-Din, the Sultan of Damascus. Soon after, he contrived the death of the dowager empress. This he obtained, and he was allowed to retire with Theodora into banishment at Oinaion. [citation needed]. [citation needed], Andronikos seems then to have resolved to exterminate the aristocracy, and his plans were nearly successful. Andronicus I Comnenus, also spelled Andronikos I Komnenos, (born c. 1118, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died September 1185, Constantinople), Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185, the last of the Comnenus dynasty, who attempted to reform the government but whose bitter opposition to Western Christianity precipitated a Norman invasion. To obtain their release Andronikos in early 1180 made abject submission to the Emperor and, appearing in chains before him, besought pardon. Andronikos Doukas married Maria of Bulgaria, daughter of Troian. 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Andronikos Komnenos was born around 1118. In 1173 or 1174, he accompanied the Georgian army on an expedition to Shirvan up to the Caspian shores, where George recaptured the fortress of Shabaran from the invaders from Darband for his cousin, the Shirvanshah Akhsitan I. 1.1. 89 relations. He was handsome and eloquent, active, hardy, courageous, a great general and an able politician, but also licentious. He was the son of Isaac Komnenos and the grandson of the emperor Alexios I . She died on 2 Jan 1184 in Austria at the age of 54. Andronicus had been a childhood companion of the future emperor Manuel I, indulging in wrestling and racing with him. She was the daughter of Andronikos Komnenos, Sebastokrator and Eirene Rhodocanakis and a niece of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. General (1 matching dictionary) Andronikos Komnenos (son of Alexios I), Andronikos Komnenos (son of John II), Andronikos Komnenos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info] I 1183 lod han sig hylde som kejser, dræbte barnekejseren og giftede sig med hans 13-årige enke. He is mentioned in the Louis L'Amour medieval historical novel, The Walking Drum, with his gruesome death foreseen by the protagonist in a vision. Andronikos 1. [9] In 1184, a Venetian embassy visited Constantinople, and an agreement was reached that compensation of 1,500 gold pieces would be paid for the losses incurred in 1171. The people, who felt the severity of his laws, at the same time acknowledged their justice and found themselves protected from the rapacity of their superiors,[1] who had grown corrupt under the safety and opulence of Manuel I's rule. They had at least five children: Michael Doukas. [11] Angelos killed Hagiochristophorites and took refuge in the church of Hagia Sophia. While under the protection of Yaroslav, Andronikos formed an alliance with the Emperor Manuel I, and with a Galician army he joined Manuel in the invasion of Hungary, assisting at the siege of Semlin. [1], When Andronikos arrived he found that Isaac had been proclaimed emperor. Andronikos I was die laaste van die Komnenos-dinastie wat oor Bisantium regeer het, hoewel sy kleinseuns Alexios en Dawid die Ryk van Trebizond in 1204 gestig het (een van die oorblyfselstreke van die Bisantynse Ryk). [citation needed] Alexios II was compelled to acknowledge Andronikos as colleague in the empire in front of the crowd on the terrace of the Church of Christ of the Chalkè and was then quickly put to death in turn; the killing was carried out by Tripsychos, Theodore Dadibrenos, and Stephen Hagiochristophorites. Even though Andronikos ruled for less than three years, his rise to power, reign of terror, downfall and gruesome death at the hands of the lynch mob of Constantinople struck contemporaries. Andronikos was granted estates in Kakhetia, in the east of Georgia. We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word andronikos i komnenos: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "andronikos i komnenos" is defined. Some retirement. [12] In 1141, he was taken captive by the Seljuq Turks and remained in their hands for a year. Genus. He was the son of Isaac Komnenos and the grandson of the emperor Alexios I. Andronikos Komnenos was born around 1118. The invaders were finally driven out in 1186 by his successor, Isaac Angelos. [3] Finally, Andronikos and Theodora settled in the ancestral lands of the Komnenoi at Oinaion, on the shores of the Black Sea, between Trebizond and Sinope. Andronikos I Komnenos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός; c. 1118 – 12 September 1185), usually Latinized as Andronicus I Comnenus, was Byzantine Emperor from 1183 to 1185. 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