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Manuel I Komnenos

1118 - 1180

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Manuel I Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Κομνηνός, romanized: Manouḗl Komnēnós; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized as Comnenus, also called Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Πορφυρογέννητος; "born in the purple"), was a Byzantine emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. His reign saw the last flowering of the Komnenian restoration, during which the Byzantine Empire had seen a resurgence of its military and economic power and had enjoyed a cultural revival. Eager to restore his empire to its past glories as the superpower of the Mediterranean world, Manuel pursued an energetic and ambitious foreign policy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel I Komnenos has received more than 834,431 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Manuel I Komnenos is the 582nd most popular politician (down from 533rd in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Manuel I Komnenos is most famous for being the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1143 to 1180.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel I Komnenos ranks 582 out of 15,577. Before him are Oscar I of Sweden, Ahab, Mobutu Sese Seko, Umberto II of Italy, Jadwiga of Poland, and Anne, Queen of Great Britain. After him are Herbert Hoover, Oscar II of Sweden, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Epaminondas, Shah Jahan, and Khosrow I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1118, Manuel I Komnenos ranks 1. After him are Andronikos I Komnenos, Taira no Kiyomori, Odo II, Duke of Burgundy, and Saigyō. Among people deceased in 1180, Manuel I Komnenos ranks 2. Before him is Louis VII of France. After him are John of Salisbury, John Tzetzes, Al-Mustadi, Minamoto no Yorimasa, Abraham ibn Daud, Prince Mochihito, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, and Yaroslav II of Kiev.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Manuel I Komnenos ranks 88 out of 1,301. Before him are Constantine VII (905), Theodosius II (401), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Abdülaziz (1830), Mustafa IV (1779), and Valerian (200). After him are Piri Reis (1470), Honorius (384), Pausanias (110), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Nestorius (381), and Apollonius of Perga (-262).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Manuel I Komnenos ranks 53. Before him are Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Abdulmejid II (1868), Theodosius II (401), Abdülaziz (1830), Mustafa IV (1779), and Valerian (200). After him are Honorius (384), Leo III the Isaurian (675), Andromache (null), Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Enver Pasha (1881), and Artemisia I of Caria (-500).

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