Alexios I Megas Komnenos

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Alexios I Megas Komnenos was the first ruler of the Empire of Trebizond, a Byzantine Greek emperor who established a successor state to the Byzantine Empire on the Black Sea coast in the early 13th century.

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Label Occurrences
Alexios I Megas Komnenos canonical 1
David Komnenos 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Greek noble ⓘ
emperor of Trebizond ⓘ
medieval monarch ⓘ
alliance Kingdom of Georgia ⓘ
birthPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Trebizond ⓘ
linked to: Trabzon
claimedTitle Roman Emperor ⓘ
conflict rivalry with the Empire of Nicaea ⓘ
rivalry with the Latin Empire ⓘ
wars with the Seljuk Turks ⓘ
countryRuled Empire of Trebizond ⓘ
culture Byzantine ⓘ
deathDate 1222 ⓘ
deathPlace Empire of Trebizond ⓘ
dynasty Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
Megas Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Komnenos dynasty
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
familyName Komnenos ⓘ
father Manuel Komnenos ⓘ
founded Empire of Trebizond ⓘ
givenName Alexios ⓘ
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
house House of Komnenos ⓘ
linked to: Komnenos dynasty

House of Megas Komnenos ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
mother Rusudan of Georgia ⓘ
nobleTitle Megas Komnenos ⓘ
notableEvent Fourth Crusade context ⓘ
linked to: Fourth Crusade

establishment of a Byzantine successor state on the Black Sea coast ⓘ
notableFor founding an independent Byzantine Greek empire after 1204 ⓘ
offspring Andronikos I of Trebizond ⓘ
positionHeld Basileus and Autokrator of the Romans ⓘ
linked to: Basileus

Emperor of Trebizond ⓘ
predecessor office created ⓘ
regionRuled Black Sea coast of Anatolia ⓘ
reignEnd 1222 ⓘ
reignStart 1204 ⓘ
relative Alexios II Komnenos ⓘ
Andronikos I Komnenos ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
ruledFrom Trebizond ⓘ
linked to: Trabzon
spouse Theodora Axouchina (disputed) ⓘ
successor Andronikos I Gidos ⓘ
successorStateOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
titleStyle Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans ⓘ
usedImperialRegalia Byzantine imperial regalia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Empire of Trebizond → foundedBy → Alexios I Megas Komnenos ⓘ
Empire of Trebizond → foundedBy → David Komnenos ⓘ
linked to: Alexios I Megas Komnenos