Alexios I Komnenos

Emperor Alexios I Komnenos

The Byzantine Empire when Alexios became emperor

Alexios I Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus (Αλέξιος Α' Κομνηνός, Alexios I Komnēnos; ALEXIVS I COMNENVS; 1048 – August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081–1118), was the son of John Komnenos and Anna Dalassena. He was the nephew of Isaac I Komnenos (emperor 1057–1059). The military, financial and territorial recovery of the Byzantine Empire known as Komnenian restoration began in his time.

Alexios I Komnenos Media

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  Seal of Alexios as "Grand Domestic of the West"

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  Alexios I manuscript illustration

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  Europe in 1097, during the First Crusade

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  Low relief depicting Alexios I, Campiello de Cà Angaran, Venice, early 12th century.

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  Scyphate (cup-shaped) hyperpyron minted under Manuel I Komnenos

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  Rare seal of Alexios I with a depiction of the Resurrection

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  Aspron trachy depicting Alexios I and Irene Doukaina.