Isaak Komnenos (nephew of Andronikos' I)

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Isaak Komnenos ( Middle Greek Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός ; † between 1191 and 1193 in Constantinople ) was a Byzantine usurper against Emperor Isaac II Angelus .

Life

Isaak Komnenos was a son of Johannes Komnenos Tzelepes , the older brother of Emperor Andronikos I , and thus a member of the ruling dynasty of the Komnenes . After Andronikos I was overthrown by Isaac II in 1185, Isaak Komnenus was arrested. Around 1191 he managed to escape from prison. He went to Hagia Sophia , where he tried to gather a crowd of supporters and incite against Isaac II. He was eventually caught and tortured to have the names of his co-conspirators extracted from him. The following day, Isaac died of serious injuries.

A little later another, anonymous Komnene (" Rakendytes ") and the protonobelissimos Konstantin Tatikios failed in their attempts to usurp power in Constantinople.

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literature

  • Κωνσταντίνος Βαρζός: Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών. Τόμος Β ' (= Βυζαντινά Κείμενα και Μελέται. Τ. 20β , ISSN  1106-6180 ). Κέντρο Βυζαντινών Ερευνών - ΑΠΘ, Θεσσαλονίκη 1984 ( PDF file; 45.5 MB ), pp. 507-511 No. 160.
  • Jean-Claude Cheynet: Pouvoir et contestations à Byzance (963-1210) (= Publications de la Sorbonne. Series Byzantina Sorbonensia. Vol. 9). Reimpression. Publications de la Sorbonne Center de Recherches d'Histoire et de Civilization Byzantines, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-85944-168-5 , p. 125 No. 172.
  • Alexis GC Savvides: Internal Strife and Unrest in Later Byzantium, XIth – XIIIth Centuries (AD 1025–1261). The Case of Urban and Provincial Insurrections (Causes and Effects). In: Σύμμεικτα ΚΒΕ / ΕΙΕ. Vol. 7, 1987, ISSN  1105-1639 , pp. 237-273, here: p. 271.
  • Alicia Simpson: Niketas Choniates. A Historiographical Study . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-967071-0 , p. 307.
  • Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza: Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople. 2nd Edition. Self-published, Paris 1999, ISBN 904747 , OCLC 185257258 , p. 274.

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personal data
SURNAME Isaac Comnenus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός (Middle Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine usurper against Emperor Isaac II.
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH between 1191 and 1193
Place of death Constantinople