Andronikos I Komnenos

Andronikos I Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Miniature portrait of Andronikos I (from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras)
Byzantine emperor
ReignSeptember 1183 – 12 September 1185
PredecessorAlexios II Komnenos
SuccessorIsaac II Angelos
Co-emperorJohn Komnenos
Bornc. 1117
Died12 September 1185
(aged 66–67)
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Wife

Mistresses
Anna of France
Eudokia Komnene
Philippa of Antioch
Theodora Komnene
IssueManuel Komnenos
John Komnenos
Maria Komnene
Alexios Komnenos
Irene Komnene
DynastyKomnenos
FatherIsaac Komnenos
MotherKata of Georgia

Andronikos I Komnenos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός; c. 1117 – 12 September 1185), Latinized as Andronicus I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185. He was the son of Isaac Komnenos and the grandson of the emperor Alexios I. In later Byzantine historiography, Andronikos I became known under the epithet "Misophaes" (Greek: μισοφαής, lit.'hater of sunlight') in reference to the great number of enemies he had blinded.[1]

  1. ^ Lascaratos, John (1 July 1999). ""Eyes" on the Thrones: Imperial Ophthalmologic Nicknames". Survey of Ophthalmology. 44 (1): 73–78. doi:10.1016/S0039-6257(99)00039-9. ISSN 0039-6257. PMID 10466590.

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