The last ruler of this dynasty had presided over a massacre in the capital to kill the supporters of its penultimate ruler, and would go on to marry a daughter of Louis VII of
The last ruler of this dynasty had presided over a massacre in the capital to kill the supporters of its penultimate ruler, and would go on to marry a daughter of Louis VII of France. The second ruler of this dynasty may have shot down the succession hopes of his eldest son in order to follow in the AIMA prophecy. The founder of this dynasty signed the Treaty of Devol to gain the homage of the ruler of Antioch and had used an alliance with the Cumans to defeat the (*) Pechenegs. The marriage of this dynasty's founder to Irene cemented its relationship with the Doukas family after succeeding Nikephorus III Botaneites. Another ruler of this dynasty applied oaths of fealty to men he had received after appealing to the Council of Clermont to begin the First Crusade. For 10 points, name this Byzantine dynasty of John II, Manuel, and Alexius I.
The last ruler of this dynasty had presided over a massacre in the capital to kill the supporters of its penultimate ruler, and would go on to marry a daughter of Louis VII of France.
Komnenos Dynasty [or Komnenians, Comnenids]