Comnenus

American  

[kom-nee-nuhs] / kɒmˈni nəs /

noun

1. a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.

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Comnenus British  

/ kɒmˈniːnəs /

noun

1. an important Byzantine family from which the imperial dynasties of Constantinople (1057–59; 1081–1185) and Trebizond (1204–1461) derived

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Comnenian
  adjective

Example Sentences

In 1093, the Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus sent an appeal to Robert, Count of Flanders.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Those with a more curious eye for the romantic characters of history recalled Alexius Comnenus, fugitive of the fourth crusade, imaginative, able 22-year-old knight-errant who crowned himself king of the land.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to Johannes Comnenus, who visited Mount Athos in 1701, and whose works are quoted in Montfaucon, 'Paleographia Gr�ca,' page 452, St. Laura was founded by Nicephorus Phocas, and restored by Neagulus, Waywode of Bessarabia.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

Comnenus, 221Isaac Sebastocrator, 295, 296, 297, 310Isaac Palaeologus Asanes, 275Isidore, Cardinal, 231Ispigas.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

This edifice was built by Manuel and Alexius Comnenus, and Johannes Pumicerius, their brother.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert