The 11-year-old son of Manuel I for whom Maria of Antioch served as regent. Andronicus forced him to sign his own mother's death warrant, then had himself crowned co-emperor alongside the boy; two months later, Andronicus had Alexius strangled and his body thrown into the Bosphorus. A pretender impersonating him was later used by William of Sicily as a pretext for invasion.
Also known as: Alexius II
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Episode 15 (4 mentions)
The 11-year-old son of Manuel I for whom Maria of Antioch served as regent. Andronicus forced him to sign his own mother's death warrant, then had himself crowned co-emperor alongside the boy; two months later, Andronicus had Alexius strangled and his body thrown into the Bosphorus. A pretender impersonating him was later used by William of Sicily as a pretext for invasion.
“and when at Manuel's death the deeply unpopular Maria became regent for their 11-year-old son Alexius II,”
“He forced the young Alexius II to sign his own mother's death warrant,”
“Digging up a young man who claimed to be the murdered Alexius II,”
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