Alexios I Komnenos
Byzantine emperor (1048–1118)
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Alexios I grabbed the Byzantine throne in 1081 and somehow talked Western Europe into fighting Seljuks for him—a move that accidentally kickstarted the First Crusade. Spent his reign patching up a crumbling empire and making sure his family stayed in power.
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Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. After usurping the throne he was faced with a collapsing empire and constant warfare throughout his reign. Alexios was able to curb the Byzantine decline and begin the military, financial, and territorial recovery known as the Komnenian restoration. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Seljuk Turks were the catalyst that sparked the First Crusade. Although he was not the first emperor of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power and initia…
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