Alexios I Komnenos - Wikipedia
The completion of the adoptive kingship entailed as part of the ritual performed from the adoptive member's behalf pledging an oath of loyalty and allegiance to the heir of the throne, a typical practice in which the prospective member since he bore no blood relation and was not of imperial lineage he had to be tied to the emperor's person by a ...
The oaths on the First Crusade - History Forum
Apr 7, 2013 · He asked for an oath of loyalty to solidify his position. The eastern emperor I believe had a very different need and use of the crusades then the West. As the crusaders entered the kingdom Alexios I Komnenos set up markets for them to purchase food on the route.
77 Chapter 8: The Emperor's Gamble
Nov 18, 2023 · Alexios I’s plan was to have each great lord swear an oath of personal loyalty to him to restore the empire’s frontiers, rather than take the land for themselves. This measure was both to get a guarantee of intent from the French lords and as a show of Alexios I’s political power to his own conspiratorial vassals.
Treaty of Devol - Wikipedia
The Treaty of Deabolis (Greek: συνθήκη της Δεαβόλεως) was an agreement made in 1108 between Bohemond I of Antioch and Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, in the wake of the First Crusade. It is named after the Byzantine fortress of Deabolis (modern Devol, Albania).
The Oaths of Alexios I Komnenos and Count Raymond IV of …
Robert ‘the Monk’s’ First Crusade history Historia Iherosolimitana (c. 1110) provides a description of the negotiations between its leaders and the Greek emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1054–1118).
Alexius I Comnenus | Byzantine Emperor, Crusader & Reformer
Jan 1, 2025 · Alexius I Comnenus (born 1057, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died August 15, 1118) was the Byzantine emperor (1081–1118) at the time of the First Crusade who founded the Comnenian dynasty and partially restored the strength of the empire after its defeats by the Normans and Turks in the 11th century.
Alexios I Komnenos - Wikiwand
The completion of the adoptive kingship entailed as part of the ritual performed from the adoptive member's behalf pledging an oath of loyalty and allegiance to the heir of the throne, a typical practice in which the prospective member since he bore no blood relation and was not of imperial lineage he had to be tied to the emperor's person by a ...
How did Alexios Komnenos help the first crusade : r/byzantium
Apr 21, 2024 · Crusaders reach Antioch but get into a long siege. Pilgrims inform Alexios wrongly that they were killed in a battle or starving so Alexios turns the army back to Constantinople. Antioch is captured eventually but feeling betrayed the crusaders break their oath and establish the independent crusader kingdoms
Alexios I Komnenos - World History Encyclopedia
Dec 12, 2017 · Alexios I Komnenos (Alexius Comnenus) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to 1118 CE. Regarded as one of the great Byzantine rulers, Alexios defeated the Normans, the Pechenegs, and, with the help of the First Crusaders, the Seljuks to put the empire back on its feet after years of decline.
Alexios I Komnenos biography. Byzantine Emperor from 1081 to …
Upon seizing the Byzantine throne in 1081, Alexios I Комненos founded the Komnenian dynasty that would rule for over a century. He inherited a weakened empire threatened by Normans and Seljuk Turks.