# Alexios I Komnenos - Byzantine Emperor

URL: https://allhistories.com/bulgaria/rulers/alexios-i-komnenos
Reign: 1081 - 1118
Born-Died: 1057 - 1118
Dynasty: Komnenos & Angelos
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos

Alexios I restored Byzantine power in the Balkans. He fought the Pechenegs, who defeated him at Dristra (Silistra) in 1087, before destroying them at Levounion in 1091. He also repelled the Normans, managed the passage of the First Crusade through the Bulgarian lands and persecuted the Bogomils and Paulicians of Philippopolis. His wife Irene Doukaina descended from Tsar Ivan Vladislav.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Constantine Bodin](https://allhistories.com/bulgaria/rulers/constantine-bodin)
- Next in list: [Komnenian and Angelos Emperors (1118-1185)](https://allhistories.com/bulgaria/rulers/komnenian-and-angelos-emperors-1118-1185)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1087 - [Battle of Dristra](https://allhistories.com/bulgaria/timeline/1087-battle-of-dristra)
- 1096 - [The First Crusade Crosses the Bulgarian Lands](https://allhistories.com/bulgaria/timeline/1096-the-first-crusade-crosses-the-bulgarian-lands)
- 1111 - [Bogomil Leader Basil Burned](https://allhistories.com/bulgaria/timeline/1111-bogomil-leader-basil-burned)