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 Andronikos Dukas Angelos 1) 2)Born ± 1122 Died after 1185 Notes: Andronikos was a successful military commander against the Seljuk Turks, and envoy to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Ultimately, Andronikos was forced to flee to Acre, after leading a failed conspiracy against Emperor Andronikos I. Married before 1155 1) (at least 30 years married) to: Child: 1. Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 1) 4)Born Sep 1156 Died Jan 1203/04, approximately 46 years Notes: Married secondly to Margaret of Hungary, with whom he had two children. Isaac had two spells as Byzantine Emperor - 1185-1195 - and 1203-1204. Isaac came to the throne after instigating a popular revolt against Andronikos I Komnenos, who was a deeply unpopular ruler. While initial successful, having military victories in the Balkans, his subsequent defeats at sea, and against a Bulgarian uprising, forced him to raise taxes. Later in the decade he was made to permit the third crusade to pass through his lands. Further failed ventures against the Bulgarians, resulted in his older brother Alexios III declaring himself Emperor when Isaac was out of camp in 1195 - after which the expeditions were cancelled, and Isaac was blinded Isaac was reinstated to the throne, after Alexios III fled the capital after the arrival of the fourth crusade. Within a year, he was once more deposed - by Alexios IV - taking advantage of Isaac's dispopularity with the crusading forces, and his subjects. | |||
Euphrosyne KastamonitissaSources
1) Source: Niketas Choniates: A Historiographical Study "Fig 2. Selected Genealogy of the Angeloi". Reference: Page 331 (Questionable reliability of evidence)2) Source: O City of Byzantium: Annals of Niketas Choniates "When Andronikos approached Tarsia and the majority of the inhabitants round about the city of Nikomedia joined him, Andronikos Angelos, whose sons Isaakios and Alexios followed Andronikos on the throne, was sent against him with a considerable force.". Reference: Page 138 (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: O City of Byzantium: Annals of Niketas Choniates "Euphrosyne [Kastamonitissa], the mother of Isaakios Angelos, was brought from Byzantion.". Reference: Page 156 (Data from direct source)
4) Source: O City of Byzantium: Annals of Niketas Choniates "At the fall of Sicily, Emperor Isaakios’s daughter Irene was taken captive along with others [29 December 1194], She was given in marriage to Philip [25 May 1197], the king of Germany’s brother, born of the seed of fornication, after she had lost the husband of her virginity [Roger, d. 24 December 1193], who ruled Sicily as tyrant after the death of his father Tancred [20 February 1194],". Reference: Page 264 (Data from secondary evidence)