Isaac II Angelos
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Greek: Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, translit. Isaákios Komnēnós Ángelos; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204. In a 1185 revolt against the Emperor Andronikos Komnenos, Isaac seized power and rose to the Byzantine throne establishing the Angelos family as the new imperial dynasty.
| Isaac II Angelos | |||||
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| Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |||||
Portrait of Isaac II (from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras) | |||||
| Byzantine emperor | |||||
| Reign | 12 September 1185 – 8 April 1195 | ||||
| Predecessor | Andronikos I Komnenos | ||||
| Successor | Alexios III Angelos | ||||
| Reign | 19 July 1203 – 27 January 1204 | ||||
| Coronation | 1 August 1203 | ||||
| Successor | Alexios V Doukas | ||||
| Co-Emperor | Alexios IV Angelos | ||||
| Born | September 1156 | ||||
| Died | January 1204 (aged 47) Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Spouse | Eirene Komnena or Palaiologina (ended 1185) | ||||
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| Dynasty | Angelos | ||||
| Father | Andronikos Doukas Angelos | ||||
| Mother | Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa | ||||
| Religion | Greek Orthodox | ||||
His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a military leader in Asia Minor (c. 1122 – aft. 1185) who married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (c. 1125 – aft. 1195). Andronikos Doukas Angelos was the son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene (b. 15 January 1096/1097), the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Thus Isaac was a member of the extended imperial clan of the Komnenoi.