Alexios III Komnenos Angelos, byzantine emperor

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Alexios Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Παλαιολόγος; died 1203) was a Byzantine nobleman, the son-in-law of Emperor Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203) and his heir apparent from 1199 until his death. Throughout this time, he was actively involved in the suppression of several revolts and riots against the emperor. Through his daughter, he became one of the progenitors of the Palaiologan dynasty (1261–1453).

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a) ALEXIOS Komnenos Palaiologos (-[1201/04]). He was awarded the title despot in 1199. A seal dated to [1202] names "Alexios Palaiologos, despotes in rank of Komnenian origin, gambros of the emperor…married to his first daughter the basilissa Eirene"[23].

m firstly (divorced) ---. The name of Alexios's first wife is not known. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not been identified.

m secondly (early 1199) as her second husband, EIRENE Komnene Angelina, widow of ANDRONIKOS Kontostephanos mega drongarios, daughter of Emperor ALEXIOS III & his wife Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina (-after 1203). Niketas Choniates names "Contostephanus Andronicus et Isaacius Comenus" as "duo generi" of Emperor Alexios[24]. Niketas Choniates records the second marriage of "imperator…filias…Irenem" and "Alexio Paleologo"[25]. Georgios Akropolites records that "Palaeologo, qui despotæ dignitate…" married "imperatoris Alexii…filiarum illius…prima Irene"[26]. She went into exile in 1203.

  Alexios Palaiologos & his second wife had one child:

• i) THEODORA Palaiologina ([1200]-). ... m ([1216]%29 as his first wife, ANDRONIKOS Doukas Komnenos Palaiologos, son of ALEXIOS Palaiologos & his wife --- ([1190]-Thessaloniki [1248/52]).

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 mother unknown 

PLZ source for son of Irene Komnene Komnene

The Palaeologan dynasty

The Palaeologans were originally petty rulers from Macedonia. The family was an old one (George Palaeologus was a friend of Alexius I Comnenus), but its earliest generations are unknown. The first to marry into an imperial family was one Alexius Palaeologus, whose wife was a granddaughter of Zoe Dukaina, youngest daughter of Constantine X, and her husband Adrianus Comnenus, younger brother of Emperor Alexius I. Another Alexius Palaeologus married Irene Angelina, eldest daughter of Alexius III and the Ethiopian-descended Euphrosyne Camatera. The latter couple's daughter Theodora Palaeologina married her cousin Andronicus Palaeologus, who descended from Zoe. The couple were the progenitors of the Imperial dynasty. Theis son was emperor Michael VIII.

Alexios III Angelos

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Family

By his marriage to Euphrosyne Doucaena Camaterina Alexios had three daughters:

Eirene Angelina, who married (1) Andronicus Contostephanus, and (2) Alexius Palaeologus, by whom she was the grandmother of Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus.