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Alexios I Komnenos

1048 - 1118

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Alexios I Komnenos (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, romanized: Aléxios Komnēnós, c. 1057 – 15 August 1118), Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. After usurping the throne, he was faced with a collapsing empire and constant warfare throughout his reign, Alexios was able to curb the Byzantine decline and begin the military, financial, and territorial recovery known as the Komnenian restoration. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Seljuk Turks were the catalyst that sparked the First Crusade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexios I Komnenos has received more than 1,664,546 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Alexios I Komnenos is the 512th most popular politician (down from 480th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 78th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Turkish Politician.

Alexios I Komnenos is most famous for being the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, which ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to 1185.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexios I Komnenos ranks 512 out of 19,576. Before him are Władysław II Jagiełło, John Adams, Zenobia, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Yaroslav the Wise, and Christian VII of Denmark. After him are James Monroe, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Dilma Rousseff, Margaret I of Denmark, and Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1048, Alexios I Komnenos ranks 2. Before him is Omar Khayyam. After him are Emperor Shenzong of Song, Antipope Benedict X, Magnus II of Norway, Peter I, Count of Savoy, and Świętosława of Poland. Among people deceased in 1118, Alexios I Komnenos ranks 1. After him are Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Pope Paschal II, Muhammad I Tapar, Adelaide del Vasto, Maria of Alania, Matilda of Scotland, Al-Mustazhir, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Philip of Sweden, and Arnulf of Chocques.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Alexios I Komnenos ranks 77 out of 1,347. Before him are Hipparchus (-190), Herostratus (-301), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Aristotle Onassis (1906), Murad V (1840), and Honorius (384). After him are Constantine VII (905), Ertuğrul (1198), Theodosius II (401), Abdulmejid II (1868), Piri Reis (1470), and Abdülaziz (1830).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Alexios I Komnenos ranks 41. Before him are Selim III (1761), Mahmud I (1696), Osman III (1699), Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), and Honorius (384). After him are Ertuğrul (1198), Theodosius II (401), Abdulmejid II (1868), Abdülaziz (1830), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), and Manuel I Komnenos (1118).

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