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Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of Byzantium

Male 1156 - 1204  (~ 47 years)


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  • Name Isaac II Angelos 
    Suffix Emperor of Byzantium 
    Birth Sep 1156  Constantinople Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Jan 1204  Constantinople Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Siblings 2 siblings 
    Person ID I6005  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2018 

    Father Andronikos Doukas Angelos,   b. Abt 1122   d. Aft 1185 (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Mother Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa,   b. Abt 1125   d. Aft 1195 (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Family ID F2192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 (First wife of Isaac II Angelos)   d. Bef 1185 
    Children 
    +1. Irene Angelina,   b. Abt 1181, Constantinople Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1208, Hohenstaufen Castle, Bavaria Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years)
    Family ID F1546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2015 

    Family 2 Margaret of Hungary,   b. 1175   d. Aft 1222 (Age > 48 years) 
    Family ID F8088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2015 

  • Notes 
    • Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.

      "Isaac has the reputation as one of the most unsuccessful princes to occupy the Byzantine throne. Surrounded by a crowd of slaves, mistresses, and flatterers, he permitted his empire to be administered by unworthy favourites, while he squandered the money wrung from his provinces on costly buildings and expensive gifts to the churches of his metropolis. During his reign the Empire lost Lefkada, Kefallonia, and Zakynthos to the Normans in 1185. In the same year the Bulgarian Empire was restored after the rebellion of the brothers Asen and Peter, thus losing Moesia and parts of Thrace and Macedonia. After that Cilicia was retaken by the Armenians, and Cyprus wrested from the empire by the Franks." [Wikipedia]

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Wikipedia.

    2. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., year only.