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Alexios I Komnenos

1048 - 1118

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Alexios I Komnenos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, translit. Aléxios Komnēnós, 1057 – 15 August 1118), Latinized Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. Although he was not the first emperor of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power and initiated a hereditary succession to the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexios I Komnenos has received more than 1,471,493 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Alexios I Komnenos is the 481st most popular politician (up from 482nd in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Turkey and the 46th 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 481 out of 15,577Before him are Artaxerxes I of Persia, Richard II of England, Lycurgus of Sparta, Lucius Verus, Peter II of Russia, and Atahualpa. After him are Juan Perón, Charles IV of France, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Jiang Zemin, Menachem Begin, and Şehzade Cihangir.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Alexios I Komnenos ranks 78 out of 1,301Before him are Osman III (1699), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Mustafa III (1717), Murad V (1840), Lucian (120), and Anacreon (-570). After him are Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Abdulmejid II (1868), Aristotle Onassis (1906), Constantine VII (905), Theodosius II (401), and Orhan Pamuk (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Alexios I Komnenos ranks 46Before him are Selim III (1761), Mahmud I (1696), Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132), Osman III (1699), Mustafa III (1717), and Murad V (1840). After him are Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Abdulmejid II (1868), Theodosius II (401), Abdülaziz (1830), Mustafa IV (1779), and Valerian (200).