Иоанн II Комнин
Alexios Axouch was the son of John Axouch, the "megas domestikos" of the Byzantine army, boyhood friend and "right-hand man" of Emperor John II Komnenos (r. 1118–43). Alexios himself married Maria Komnene, the daughter of John II's eldest son and co-emperor Alexios, who died in 1142.