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Also Known As John II Komnenos
Born September 13, 1087
Died April 8, 1143 (aged 55)
Title / Office emperor (1118-1143), Byzantine Empire
House / Dynasty Comnenus family

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John II Comnenus
Madonna and Child seated between Empress Irene Ducas (right) and Emperor John II Comnenus (left), votive mosaic; in the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
Hagia Sophia: panel
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