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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Alexis I.
or ALE'XIUS I. COMNE'NUS (*)/Alecis , or *)Ale/cios *Komnhno/s), emperor of Constantinople, was most probably born in A. D. 1048.
He was the son of John Comnenus, and the nephew of the emperor Isaac Comnenus, and received a careful education from his mother Anna.
He accompanied the emperor Romanus Diogenes in the war against Alp-Arslán, sultan of the Turks-Seljuks, and was present at the battle of Malazkerd, where this emperor was made a prisoner by the sultan.
After the deposition of Romanus Dio genes in 1071, Alexis Comnenus and his elder brother Isaac joined the party of the new emperor, Michael VII. Ducas, who employed Alexis against the rebels who had produced great disturbances in Asia Minor.
In this war Alexis distinguished himself as a successful general, and showed that extraordinary shrewdness which afterwards became the principal feature of his character.
He defended Michael VII. against the rebel Nicephorus Botaniates, but the cause of Michael having become hopel
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6 : (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. , [from the Richmond, Va. , Dispatch, March 30 , April 6 , 27 , and May 12 , 1902 .] (search)