Manuel I Komnenos
1118 CE–1180 CE · Constantinople
Manuel I Komnenos was Byzantine emperor from 1143 to 1180, an ambitious and energetic ruler who sought to restore the empire to the standing of a great Mediterranean power. He campaigned in Italy, the Balkans, Hungary, and the East, cultivated ties with the Crusader states and Western rulers, and presided over a brilliant and cosmopolitan court. His far-reaching ambitions, however, drained the treasury, and his major offensive against the Seljuk Turks ended in a serious defeat at Myriokephalon in 1176 that checked Byzantine expansion in Anatolia. His death in 1180 was followed by instability that undid much of his work.
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