John II Komnenos, also rendered Comnenus and known as John the Beautiful or John the Good, was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. The eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina, he was the second emperor of the Komnenian restoration and, having been born to a reigning emperor, held the status of porphyrogennetos. A pious and dedicated monarch, he was determined to undo the damage his empire had suffered half a century earlier at the Battle of Manzikert.
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John II Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: Ἱωάννης Κομνηνός, romanized: Iōánnēs Komnēnós; 13 September 1087 - 8 April 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143.
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Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good" (Greek: Καλοϊωάννης, romanized: Kaloïōánnēs), he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina and the second emperor to rule during the Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine Empire. As he was born to a reigning emperor, he had the status of a porphyrogennetos.
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13 September 1087-8 April 1143
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He died a number of days after the accident, on 8 April 1143, probably of septicaemia.
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