Isaac II Angelos
Emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire
Years: 1156 - 1204
Isaac II Angelos (or Angelus) (September 1156 – January 1204) is Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.
His father Andronikos Dukas Angelos, a military leader in Asia Minor (c. 1122 – aft.
1185), married bef.
1155 Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa (c. 1125 – aft.
1195).
Andronikos Dukas Angelos was the son of Konstantinos Angelos, Admiral of Sicily (c. 1085 – aft.
July 1166, son of Manolis Angelos from Philadelphia) and Theodora Komnene (b.
15 January 1096/1097) who was the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Eirene Doukaina.
Thus, Isaac is a member of the extended imperial clan.
