John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (died 1143)

John II Komnenos

Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143

John II Komnenos or Comnenus was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good", he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina and the second emperor to rule during the Komnenian restoration of the Byzantine…