Andronikos Angelos Doukas
1133 – 1185 · Generation XXX · Angelos
Andronikos (AD 1133 – 1185). Married Euphrosyne around AD 1150. Son of Constantine Angelos; father of Isaac II and Alexios III. His mother, Theodora, was the youngest daughter of Alexios I, which made him a first cousin of Manuel I — under whom his military record proved unhappy. He commanded part of the vanguard in the 1176 campaign that ended in defeat at Myriokephalon, and in 1179 his panicked night flight near Charax in Phrygia set off a rout that so angered Manuel he threatened to parade him through the capital dressed as a woman. Sent by the regency in 1182 against the rebel Andronikos Komnenos, he was beaten by a makeshift force and, facing charges of misusing the army’s pay, went over to the rebel. He soon helped lead an aristocratic plot against the new emperor; when it was uncovered he escaped with his sons by boat, received aid from Saladin, and settled at Acre, where he probably died before his son Isaac took the throne in 1185.
Place in the family
- Andronikos Angelos Doukas was a grandson of Alexios I Komnenos.
- The archive records 31 of his descendants, across 11 generations.
One of 8 people of Angelos (from 1185) in this archive. The house on the throne when the Fourth Crusade took the city in 1204.
Line of descent: Manuel Komnenos → John Komnenos → Alexios I Komnenos → Theodora Komnene → Andronikos Angelos Doukas.
Parents
- Constantine Angelos (1085 – 1166)
- Theodora Komnene (1096 – ?)
Siblings
- John Doukas (1126 – 1200)
Partners
- Married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (1125 – ?) in 1150 — 2 children together
Children
- Isaac II Angelos (1156 – 1204)
- Alexios III Angelos (1153 – 1211)
Life
- 1133 — Born
- 1150 — Married Euphrosyne
- 1185 — Died