Komnenos, John, -1200

Enlarge text Shrink text
  • Personality
| System number 987007380296305171

Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Komnenos, John, -1200
Other forms of name
Komnenos, Johannes, -1200
John, the Fat, -1200
Iōannēs, ho Pachys, -1200
Comnenus, John, -1200
Komnēnos, Iōannēs, ho Pachys, -1200
Ιωάννης, ο Πάχυς, -1200
Κομνηνός, Ιωάννης, ο Πάχυς, -1200
Date of death
1200-07-31
Associated Language
grc
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q665874
Library of congress: no2017146302
Sources of Information
  • Nikolaos Mesarites. Die Palastrevolution des Johannes Komnenos, 1907.
  • Oxford dictionary of Byzantium online, October 30, 2017(Komnenos, John; John the Fat (Παχύς = Pachys); son of Alexios Axouch and Maria Komnene (Barzos, Genealogia 2:117-35); usurper on 31 July 1200 (not 1201, as previously believed); involved in a plot to take the imperial throne, probably organized by Alexios Mourtzouphlos (the future Alexios V), failed, and was executed on 31 July 1200)
  • Wikipedia, October 30, 2017(John Komnenos; John Comnenos; nicknamed "the Fat"; Ιωάνης Κομνηνóς ο παχύς = Iōannēs Komnēnos ho Pachys; a Byzantine noble who attempted to usurp the imperial throne from Alexios III Angelos in a short-lived coup in Constantinople on 31 July 1201 (or 1200); died on 31 July 1201 (or 1200))