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== Family == [[File:Aspron trachy of Alexios I.png|thumb|[[Aspron trachy]] depicting Alexios I and [[Irene Doukaina]].]] By his marriage with [[Irene Doukaina]], Alexios I had the following children:<ref>{{cite book | last=Dalven | first=Rae | title=Anna Comnena |location=New York | publisher=Twayne Publishers | year=1972 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/annacomnena00dalv/page/67 67]β69 |isbn=978-0805722406 |url=https://archive.org/details/annacomnena00dalv| url-access=registration }}</ref> # [[Anna Komnene]] (1 December 1083 β 1148/55), in her infancy she was betrothed to [[Constantine Doukas (co-emperor)|Constantine Doukas]], and with him treated as co-ruler by her father until after the birth of John II. In 1097 she married [[Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger]], later raised to ''Caesar''. Highly ambitious, after Alexios' death she tried unsuccessfully to usurp the throne. She then withdrew to a monastery, where she wrote her history of Alexios' reign. The couple had several children, but only four survived her.{{sfn|Varzos|1984|pp=176β197}} # [[Maria Komnene (daughter of Alexios I)|Maria Komnene]] (19 September 1085 β after 1136), initially betrothed to Gregory Gabras, but married to [[Nikephoros Katakalon]]. The couple had several children, but only two sons are known by name.{{sfn|Varzos|1984|pp=198β203}} # [[John II Komnenos]] (13 September 1087 β 8 April 1143), who succeeded as emperor.{{sfn|Varzos|1984|pp=203β228}} # [[Andronikos Komnenos (son of Alexios I)|Andronikos Komnenos]] (18 September 1091 β 1130/31), was named ''[[sebastokrator]]'' and participated in several campaigns until his death from disease. He married Irene, likely a Russian princess, and had at least two sons.{{sfn|Varzos|1984|pp=229β237}} # [[Isaac Komnenos (son of Alexios I)|Isaac Komnenos]] (16 January 1093 β after 1152), ''sebastokrator''. # [[Eudokia Komnene (daughter of Alexios I)|Eudokia Komnene]] (14 January 1094 β {{Circa|1129}}), who married the son of [[Constantine Iasites]]. # [[Theodora Komnene (daughter of Alexios I)|Theodora Komnene]] (15 January 1096) who married (1) [[Constantine Kourtikes]] and (2) [[Constantine Angelos]]. By him she was the grandmother of Emperors [[Isaac II Angelos]] and [[Alexios III Angelos]], as well as the progenitor of the ruling dynasty of the [[Despotate of Epirus]]. Through Isaac II's daughter [[Irene Angelina]]'s children by [[Philip of Swabia]], she is an ancestor of many European royal families, including all European monarchs currently reigning. # Manuel Komnenos, born February 1097 and known only from a manuscript now in Moscow, died probably soon after his birth{{sfn|Varzos|1984|p=265}} # Zoe Komnene, born March 1098 and known only from a manuscript now in Moscow, died probably soon after her birth{{sfn|Varzos|1984|p=265}}
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