page_title: John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)
hierarchical_section_title: John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)
caption_attribution_description: English: John Comnenus. Curopalates and domesticos of the Scholai of the Occident, 1057-1067. PB Seal (34mm, 22.17 g, 12h). [O]/GE/w/[R] down left field; G/I/O/C down right field; half-length facing bust of St. George, wearing military outfit, holding spear in right hand, shield on left arm / KE ROHQ,/[T]w Cw D(OY)Lw/ [I]w K(OY)ROPAL,T,/S DOMECTIKw/ TwN CXILwN/ THC DVCAIOC/Tw KOMNH/-Nw- in eight lines. BLS I 2681bis; DOCBS I 1.18a; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. VF, a little rough, gray-brown patina.
context_page_description: John Komnenos was a Byzantine aristocrat and military leader. The younger brother of Emperor Isaac I Komnenos, he served as Domestic of the Schools during Isaac's brief reign. When Isaac I abdicated, Constantine X Doukas became emperor and John withdrew from public life until his death in 1067. Through his son Alexios I Komnenos, who became emperor in 1081, he was the progenitor of the Komnenian dynasty that ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1081 until 1185, and the Empire of Trebizond from 1204 until 1461.
context_section_description: John Komnenos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός, Iōannēs Komnēnos; c. 1015 – 12 July 1067) was a Byzantine aristocrat and military leader. The younger brother of Emperor Isaac I Komnenos, he served as Domestic of the Schools during Isaac's brief reign (1057–59). When Isaac I abdicated, Constantine X Doukas became emperor and John withdrew from public life until his death in 1067. Through his son Alexios I Komnenos, who became emperor in 1081, he was the progenitor of the Komnenian dynasty that ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1081 until 1185, and the Empire of Trebizond from 1204 until 1461.
caption: Lead seal of John Komnenos as kouropalates and Domestic of the Schools
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