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Also Known As Alexios I Komnenos
Born 1057 • Byzantine Empire
Died August 15, 1118 (aged 61)
Title / Office emperor (1081-1118), Byzantine Empire
House / Dynasty Comnenus family
Notable Family Members spouse Irene Ducas • daughter Anna Comnena
Role In First Crusade

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Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
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