COMNENUS  , the name of a See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• FAMILY

family which from 1o81 to 1185 occupied the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . It claimed a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman origin, but its earliest representatives appear as landed proprietors in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Castamon (mod . See also:

• KASTAMUNI, or KASTAMBUL

Kastamuni) in See also:

• PAPHLAGONIA

Paphlagonia . Its first member known in Byzantine See also:

• HISTORY

history is See also:

• MANUEL, EUGENE (1823–1901)
• MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
• MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)

MANUEL EROTICUS COMNENUS, an able See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general who rendered See also:

• GREAT

great services to See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil II . (976—1025 ) in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . At his See also:

• DEATH

death he See also:

• LEFT

left his two sons See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John in the care of Basil, who gave them a careful See also:

• EDUCATION

education and advanced them to high See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official positions . The increasing unpopularity of the Macedonian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty culminated in a revolt of the nobles and the soldiery of See also:

• ASIA

Asia against its feeble representative See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael VI . Stratioticus, who abdicated after a brief resistance . Isaac was declared See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, and crowned in St See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia on the 2nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1057 . For the rulers of this dynasty see ROMAN See also:

• EMPIRE

EMPIRE, LATER, and See also:

• SEPARATE

separate articles . With Andronicus I . (1183—1185) the See also:

• RULE

rule of the Comneni proper at Constantinople came to an end .

A younger See also:

• LINE

line of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, after the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Latins at Constantinople in 1204, secured See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a fragment of the empire in Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, and founded the empire of See also:

• TREBIZOND (Gr. Trapezus)

Trebizond (q.v.), which lasted till 1461, when See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David Comnenus, the last emperor, was deposed by Mahommed II . For a general See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the family and its alleged survivors see See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " Komnenen," by G . F . See also:

• HERTZBERG, EWALD FRIEDRICH, COUNT VON (1725-1795)

Hertzberg, in See also:

• ERSCH, JOHANN SAMUEL (1766–1828)

Ersch and See also:

• GRUBER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED (1774-1851)

Gruber's Allgemeine Encyklopddie, and an See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous monograph, Precis historique de la maison imperiale See also:

• DES

des Comnenes (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 1784); and, for the history of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, the See also:

• WORKS

works referred to under ROMAN EMPIRE, LATER .