Isaac I Komnenos
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Isaac I Komnenos or Comnenus was Byzantine emperor from 1057 to 1059, the first reigning member of the Komnenian dynasty.
Gold tetarteron of Michael VI.
Gold histamenon struck by Isaac. His martial posture, bearing a naked sword, is unique among Byzantine coinage.
Patriarch Michael Keroularios on his throne, from the Madrid Skylitzes
Komnenos
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The House of Komnenos, Latinized as Comnenus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family who ruled the Byzantine Empire in the 11th and 12th centuries. The first reigning member, Isaac I Komnenos, ruled from
Isaac I Komnenos
…Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός, romanized: Isaákios Komnēnós; c. 1007 – 1 June 1060) was Byzantine emperor from 1057 to 1059, the first reigning member of the Komnenian dynasty. The son of the general Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, he was orphaned at an early age, and was raised under the care of Emperor Basil II. He made his name…
Alexios I Komnenos