John Komnenos (Latinized as Comnenus), nicknamed "the Fat" (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνὸς ὁ παχύς, romanized: Ioannis Komninos o pahys), was a Byzantine noble...
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governor of Cyprus John Komnenos (son of Andronikos I) (1159–1185), second son and co-emperor of Andronikos I John Komnenos the Fat, Byzantine nobleman who...
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Erotikos Komnenos was the father of Isaac I Komnenos (r. 1057–1059), and grandfather, through Isaac's younger brother John Komnenos, of Alexios I Komnenos (r...
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rebellions against King James I of Scotland John Komnenos the Fat, Byzantine noble who in 1200 attempted to usurp the imperial throne from Alexios III Angelos...
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sometimes called Alexios the Younger, was the eldest son of the Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos and his wife Eirene of Hungary. He was crowned co-emperor...
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1201 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. July 31 – John Komnenos the Fat, a Byzantine aristocrat, attempts to usurp the imperial throne;...
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Manuel Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Κομνηνός, romanized: Manouēl Komnēnos; 1145–1185?) was the eldest son of Byzantine emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, and the progenitor...
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Alexios V Doukas (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
lecherous. The participation of Alexios Doukas Mourtzouphlos in the attempted overthrow of Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203) by John Komnenos the Fat in 1200...
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but during the coup of John Komnenos the Fat on 31 July 1200, he hid in a cupboard as the rebels seized control of the Hagia Sophia. John remained in...
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Alexios Axouch (category Komnenos dynasty)
years after his tonsure. Alexios Axouch had two sons, one of whom, John Komnenos "the Fat", led an abortive revolt against Emperor Alexios III Angelos (r...
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Alexios I of Trebizond (category Grand Komnenos dynasty)
their heritage and connection to the Komnenian dynasty by later referring to themselves as Megas Komnenos ("grand Komnenos"). While his brother David conquered...
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List of Byzantine usurpers (category Civil wars of the Byzantine Empire)
969–976) Isaac I Komnenos (r. 1057–1059) Nikephoros III Botaneiates (r. 1078–1081) Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) Andronikos I Komnenos (r. 1183–1185)...
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casualties on the populace. In July 1201, Alexios was instrumental in the suppression of the attempted coup by John Komnenos the Fat. After the rebels had...
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List of Byzantine revolts and civil wars (category Civil wars of the Byzantine Empire)
Lapardas. 1183/1184: Revolt of John Komnenos Vatatzes, governor of the Thracesian theme, against the regency of Andronikos I Komnenos. 1184: Revolt of Theodore...
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July 31 (category Days of the year)
Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII. 1201 – Attempted usurpation by John Komnenos the Fat for the throne of Alexios III Angelos...
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1200s (decade) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
31 – John Komnenos the Fat, a Byzantine aristocrat, attempts to usurp the imperial throne; he is proclaimed emperor and crowned by Patriarch John X Kamateros...
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Euthymios Tornikios (category People from the Despotate of Epirus)
preserved date chiefly to the period 1200–05, such as his panegyric on the failure of the coup of John Komnenos the Fat, or monodies on the death of his father...
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Nicholas Mesarites (category People from the Empire of Nicaea)
during the attempted coup of John Komnenos the Fat. At the time, Mesarites was skeuophylax of the Church of the Pharos in the Great Palace of Constantinople...
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wrote Die Palastrevolution des Johannes Komnenos, an account of the attempted coup of John Komnenos the Fat in 1200/1201. (Runc. Vol III, pp. 126n, 498)...
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Doukas John Komnenos the Fat John Komnenos Vatatzes John Kontostephanos (son of Stephen) John Kourkouas John Kourkouas (9th century) John Kourkouas (catepan)...
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Kingdom of Cyprus (category Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters)
shipwrecked comrades and the insults offered to his bride and sister, King Richard met Komnenos in battle. There were rumours that Komnenos was secretly in agreement...
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named Alexios Komnenos, a nephew of Manuel Komnenos, to be her chief advisor in the regency. It is said that he, "was accustomed to spending the greater part...
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the last Byzantine governor of Cyprus, Isaac Komnenos, from a minor line of the Komnenos imperial house, rose in rebellion and attempted to seize the...
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Hugh, Count of Vermandois (category Christians of the First Crusade)
message the emperor sent instructions to his nephew John Komnenos, the doux (governor) of Dyrrhachium, and Nicholas Maurokatakalon, commander of the Byzantine...
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the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Byzantine–Hungarian War: Emperor John II (Komnenos) defeats the Hungarians and their Serbian allies at the...
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Komnenos. Andronikos tries in vain to flee across Asia but is captured and killed by an angry mob. Isaac is proclaimed emperor, ending the Komnenos Dynasty...
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Peribleptos monastery. He is succeeded by Alexios I Komnenos, who is crowned on April 5, as ruler of the Byzantine Empire. His brother-in-law Nikephoros Melissenos...
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Alexios I Komnenos, Emperor (1081–1118) John II Komnenos, Emperor (1092–1143) with Alexios Komnenos, Emperor (1119–1142) as co-emperor Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor...
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will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Emperor John II (Komnenos) recovers southwestern Anatolia (modern Turkey) from the Seljuk Turks...
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Nikephoros II Phokas (category Burials at the Church of the Holy Apostles)
described Nikephoros as: ...a monstrosity of a man, a pygmy, fat-headed and like a mole as to the smallness of his eyes; disgusting with his short, broad,...
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