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HistoryList - Byzantine Emperors from 1056 AD to 1453 AD

Byzantine Emperors from 1056 AD to 1453 AD
  Name Reigning Period Comments
1 Michael VI Bringas 1056 - 1057  
2 Isaac I Commenus 1057 - 1059  
3 Constantine X Ducas 1059 - 1067  
4 Romanus IV Diogenes 1068 - 1071 Co-Emperor with Michael VII
5 Michael VII Ducas 1067 - 1078  
6 Nicephorus III Botaniates 1078 - 1081  
7 Alexius I Commenus 1081 - 1118  
8 John II Commenus 1118 - 1143  
9 Manuel I Commenus 1143 - 1180  
10 Alexius II Commenus 1180 - 1183  
11 Andronicus I Commenus 1183 - 1185  
12 Isaac II Angelus 1185 - 1195  
13 Alexius III Angelus 1195 - 1203  
14 Isaac II (2nd time) 1203 - 1204 Alexius IV co-Emperor
15 Alexius V Murtzuphlus 1204  
16 Theodore I Lascaris 1204 - 1222  
17 John III Ducas Vatatzes 1222 - 1254  
18 Theodore II Lascaris 1254 - 1258  
19 John IV Lascaris 1258 - 1261 Co-Emperor with Michael VIII
20 Michael VIII Palaeologus 1259 - 1282  
21 Andronicus II Palaeologus 1282 - 1328  
22 Andronicus III Palaeologus 1328 - 1341  
23 John V Palaeologus 1341 - 1376  
24 John VI Cantacuzenus 1347 - 1354 Co-Emperor with John V
25 Andronicus IV Palaeologus 1376 - 1379 regent
26 John V (2nd time) 1379 - 1391  
27 John VII Palaeologus 1390 Co-Emperor
28 Manuel II Palaeologus 1391 - 1425  
29 John VIII Palaeologus 1425 - 1448  
30 Constantine XI Palaeologus 1449 - 1453 last Byzantine emperor
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