| John II Comnenus  Born: 13-Sep-1087
Died: 8-Apr-1143
Location of death: Mount Taurus
Cause of death: Accident - Misc
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Royalty Nationality: Byzantium
Executive summary: Byzantine Emperor, 1118-43 John II, surnamed Comnenus and also Kaloioannes (John the Good), East Roman emperor, was the eldest son of the East Roman emperor Alexius, whom he succeeded in 1118. On account of his mild and just reign he has been called the Byzantine Marcus Aurelius. By the personal purity of his character he effected a notable improvement in the manners of his age, but he displayed little vigor in internal administration or in extirpating the long-standing corruptions of the government. Nor did his various successes against the Hungarians, Serbians and Seljuk Turks, whom he pressed hard in Asia Minor and proposed to expel from Jerusalem, add much to the stability of his empire. He was accidentally killed during a wild-boar hunt on Mt. Taurus, on the 8th of April 1143.
Father: Alexius (Byzantine Emperor)
Wife: Piroska (dau. Ladislaus I of Hungary, m. 1104)
Son: Isaakios
Son: Manuel I Comnenus
Byzantine Emperor 1118 to 8-Apr-1143
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