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Komnenos, John, -1200

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Personal name headingKomnenos, John, -1200
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Variant(s)Komnenos, Johannes, -1200
John, the Fat, -1200
Iōannēs, ho Pachys, -1200
Comnenus, John, -1200
Komnēnos, Iōannēs, ho Pachys, -1200
Ιωάννης, ο Πάχυς, -1200
Κομνηνός, Ιωάννης, ο Πάχυς, -1200
Death date1200-07-31
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inNikolaos Mesarites. Die Palastrevolution des Johannes Komnenos, 1907.
Oxford dictionary of Byzantium online, October 30, 2017 (Komnenos, John; John the Fat (Παχύς = Pachys); son of Alexios Axouch and Maria Komnene (Barzos, Genealogia 2:117-35); usurper on 31 July 1200 (not 1201, as previously believed); involved in a plot to take the imperial throne, probably organized by Alexios Mourtzouphlos (the future Alexios V), failed, and was executed on 31 July 1200)
Wikipedia, October 30, 2017 (John Komnenos; John Comnenos; nicknamed "the Fat"; Ιωάνης Κομνηνóς ο παχύς = Iōannēs Komnēnos ho Pachys; a Byzantine noble who attempted to usurp the imperial throne from Alexios III Angelos in a short-lived coup in Constantinople on 31 July 1201 (or 1200); died on 31 July 1201 (or 1200))
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