The Komnenos family was a Byzantine noble house that produced a series of emperors and brought about the revival of the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Alexios I Komnenos came to power in a coup, faced invasions by the Normans and the Seljuk Turks, and sought help from the West, which led to the First Crusade. His successors John II and Manuel I extended Byzantine influence in the Balkans, Anatolia and the Levant, and the period is known as the Komnenian restoration. After Manuel's defeat at Myriokephalon, the empire weakened, and the last Komnenian emperor, Andronikos I, was overthrown. A branch of the family later founded the Empire of Trebizond.
Before and after
- from 1077 to 1307Sultanate of Rum
- from 1079 to 1318House of Hohenstaufen
- 1079Birth of Peter Abelard
- 1080Construction of Speyer Cathedral
- from 1081 to 1185Komnenos
- 1086William the Conqueror's survey: the Domesday Book
- 9 September 1087Death of William the Conqueror
- 1088Construction of Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
- 1088Founding of University of Bologna
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- 1193Origins of Chernobyl
- 1373Construction of Leaning Tower of Pisa
The era
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