Alexios II Komnenos

Alexios II Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Portrait of Alexios II from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras
Byzantine emperor
Reign24 September 1180  September 1183
Coronation1171 as co-emperor
PredecessorManuel I Komnenos
SuccessorAndronikos I Komnenos
Born(1169-09-14)14 September 1169
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
DiedSeptember 1183 (aged 14)
Constantinople
Spouse
(m. 1180)
DynastyKomnenos
FatherManuel I Komnenos
MotherMaria of Antioch

Alexios II Komnenos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, romanized: Aléxios Komnēnós; 14 September 1169:64  September 1183), Latinized Alexius II Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. He ascended to the throne as a minor. For the duration of his short reign, the imperial power was de facto held by regents.