Comnenus
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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
The brilliant campaigns of Manuel Comnenus had been made at the head of a soldiery of whom two-thirds were not born-subjects of the empire.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
But the idea of a Comnenus marrying below his station was offensive both to Alexius and his people.
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
However, the idea of the pirates gave me a horrid qualm; and I thought how dreadful it would be if they threw my Alexius Comnenus into the sea; it made me feel quite uncomfortable.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert
After two troubled years Andronicus Comnenus, a first cousin of the Emperor Manuel, was proclaimed Caesar, and took over the guardianship of the young Alexius.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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