John II Komnenos
Byzantine Emperor from 1118 to 1144
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Ruled the Byzantine Empire for 25 years starting in 1118, chasing redemption after Manzikert. John II earned "the Beautiful" by obsessing over restoring imperial dominance—pious, relentless, born to the purple.
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John II Komnenos or Comnenus was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good", he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina and the second emperor to rule during the Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine Empire. As he was born to a reigning emperor, he had the status of a porphyrogennetos. John was a pious and dedicated monarch who was determined to undo the damage his empire had suffered following the Battle of Manzikert, half a century earlier.
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