id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9524 John Komnenos (son of Andronikos I) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1868 287 69 John Komnenos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός, romanized: Iōannēs Komnēnos; August/September 1159 – September 1185) was the second son of the Byzantine aristocrat, and emperor in 1183–1185, Andronikos I Komnenos. He was conceived in early 1159, when his mother was in prison, and Andronikos visited her secretly one night.[1] The young John probably accompanied his father when the latter was named military governor (doux) of Cilicia in 1166, as he definitely was with his father during his subsequent exile and long wanderings across the principalities of the Near East, while his older brother Manuel and his sister Maria remained in Constantinople.[2] It was not until late 1178 or early 1179 that Andronikos was allowed back to the Byzantine capital, bringing John, along with his niece and mistress Theodora Komnene and their children, with him.[3] At this point, John may have received the title of sebastos from his uncle, Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9524.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9524.txt