Alexios Charon

• Name	Alexios Charon  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I10520	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family	(Unknown member of the Dalassena family)
  Children	+ 1. Anna Dalassene, Regent of the Byzantine Empire,   b. Between 1025 and 1030, Italy d. 1 Nov 1100 (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F1748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  "Alexios Charon was a Byzantine official in southern Italy and the maternal grandfather of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (reigned 1081–1118), the founder of the Komnenian dynasty. Very little is known about his life. His is only recorded in the history of Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, who married his great-granddaughter Anna Komnene. Bryennios reports that 'Charon' was a sobriquet given to him for his bravery, referring to the ferryman of the underworld in Greek mythology, but the name is attested as an actual surname as well. On Alexios' career, Bryennios only reports that he 'handled the emperor's affairs' in the Byzantine provinces of southern Italy (the Catepanate of Italy) some time in the first half of the 11th century. The exact office that Alexios held is unknown; it has been suggested that he may have been the governor (catepan) of Italy, but his name appears in no other source." [Wikipedia]

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Wikipedia.