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John Komnenos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός, romanized: Iōannēs Komnēnos), later surnamed Tzelepes (Τζελέπης, Tzelepēs), was the son of the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos and grandson of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
Mehmed himself claimed descent from the Komnenos family via John Tzelepes Komnenos. The Trapezutine branch of the Komnenos dynasty also held the name of Axouchos as descendants of John Axouch , a Byzantine nobleman and minister to the Byzantine Komnenian Dynasty.
I've read that John Tzelepes Komnenos, grandson of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos defected to the Seljuks and became a Muslim because he was snubbed by that Emperor. How shocking would this act have been at the time? : r/AskHistorians.
20 de ene. de 2023 · John Tzelepes Komnenos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνὸς Τζελέπης, Iōannēs Komnēnos Tzelepēs) was the son of the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos. Starting about 1130 John and his father, who was a brother of Emperor John II Komnenos ("John the Beautiful"), plotted to overthrow his uncle the emperor.
Lau, Maximilian C. G., 'Young Emperor John and the Rule of Constantinople', Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143 (Oxford, 2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Nov. 2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198888673.003.0003, accessed 19 Mar. 2024.
Jonathan Shepard. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. Between the death of Alexios I Komnenos and the establishment of the Latin empire of Constantinople, eight emperors ruled in the eastern Roman capital.
The Last Campaigns | Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143 | Oxford Academic. Chapter. Nine The Last Campaigns. Maximilian C. G. Lau. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198888673.003.0010. Pages. 247–271. Published: November 2023. Split View. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract.
