What is Alexios I Komnenos?
{{merge from|Alexius I}} [[File:Alexius I.jpg|thumb|Emperor Alexios I Komnenos]] [[File:Byzantium1081AD.PNG|thumb|The Byzantine Empire when Alexios became emperor]] '''Alexios I Komnenos''' or '''Alexius I Comnenus''' ({{lang|el|Αλέξιος Α' Κομνηνός, Alexios I Komnēnos}}; {{lang|la|<small>ALEXIVS I COMNENVS</small>}}; [[1048]] – [[August 15]], [[1118]]), [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[List of Byzantine Emperors|emperor]] (1081–1118), was the son of John Komnenos and [[Anna Dalassena]]. He was the nephew of [[Isaac I Komnenos]] (emperor 1057–1059). The military, financial and territorial recovery of the Byzantine Empire known as [[Komnenian restoration]] began in his time. {{Komnenoi}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexius I Comnenus}} [[Category:1081 births]] [[Category:1118 deaths]] [[Category:Byzantine emperors]]