Editing Andronikos I Komnenos (section)

== Family ==
[[File:Map of the Empire of Trebizond.svg|thumb|The [[Empire of Trebizond]] was ruled by Andronikos's descendants 1204–1461.]]
Andronikos was married twice and had numerous mistresses. He had three children with his first wife, whose name is not recorded:{{sfn|Varzos|1984a|p=637}}

* [[Manuel Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)|Manuel Komnenos]] (1145–after 1185), an ambassador under Manuel I and opposed to many of the policies of his father. Manuel was blinded by the new regime established by Isaac Angelos and disappears from the sources thereafter.{{sfn|Varzos|1984b|pp=511–528}} He was married to the [[Kingdom of Georgia|Georgian]] princess [[Rusudan, daughter of George III of Georgia|Rusudan]] and the couple had two sons, [[Alexios I of Trebizond|Alexios]] and [[David Komnenos]]. In 1204, Alexios and David founded the [[Empire of Trebizond]], which continued to be ruled by their descendants.{{sfn|Varzos|1984a|pp=637–638}}{{sfn|Varzos|1984b|p=527}} Trapezuntine efforts to gain influence and power in the wider Byzantine world were hindered both by geography and by [[List of Trapezuntine emperors|their emperors]] descending from Andronikos.{{Sfn|Treadgold|1997|p=710}}
* [[John Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)|John Komnenos]] (1159–1185), co-emperor with Andronikos.{{sfn|Varzos|1984b|pp=528–532}} Murdered by his own troops after Andronikos's death in September 1185.{{sfn|Choniates|1984|p=193}}
* Maria Komnene (born {{circa|1166}}), married to the nobleman Theodore Synadenos in 1182 and then to a nobleman named Romanos. Romanos is noted for mishandling the defence of Dyrrhachium against the Sicilians in 1185. The fates of Maria and Romanos after Andronikos's death are unknown.{{sfn|Varzos|1984b|pp=532–535}}

Andronikos had no children with his second wife, [[Agnes of France (empress)|Agnes of France]], nor any known illegitimate children with any of his mistresses other than his long-term partner [[Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem|Theodora Komnene]], with whom he had two:{{sfn|Varzos|1984a|p=638}}

* [[Alexios Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)|Alexios Komnenos]] (1170–{{circa|1199}}), fled to Georgia after 1185, where he married into the local nobility. Claimed descendants include the noble family of [[Andronikashvili]].{{sfn|Varzos|1984b|pp=532–537}}
* Irene Komnene (born 1171), married to the ''sebastokrator'' [[Alexios Komnenos (illegitimate son of Manuel I)|Alexios Komnenos]], an illegitimate son of Manuel I. Alexios was involved in a conspiracy in October 1183, whereafter he was blinded and imprisoned and Irene became a nun.{{sfn|Varzos|1984b|pp=481, 537–539}}