Comneni

The splendour of the Comneni was the splendour of the setting sun.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

This only changed if at all in late Byzantine times, with the Comneni and Paleologi.

Cadafael, King of Gwynedd Carla 2009

He has borne himself upon other occasions with the shrewd wit of his family the Comneni; yet he now trusts to the effect of his trumpery lions upon such a shrewd people as the Franks and Normans, and seems to rely upon me for the character of men with whom he has been engaged in peace and war for many years.

Count Robert of Paris 2008

In the year 1080, Alexius Comnenus [Footnote: See Gibbon, Chap. xlviii, for the origin and early history of the house of the Comneni.] ascended the throne of the Empire; that is, he was declared sovereign of

Count Robert of Paris 2008

We approached the city of Byzas, Constantine, Theodosius, Justinian, the Comneni and Paleologi, Mehmet II, Suleiman the Magnificent and his architect Sinan, and Atatürk.

Archive 2006-04-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006

We approached the city of Byzas, Constantine, Theodosius, Justinian, the Comneni and Paleologi, Mehmet II, Suleiman the Magnificent and his architect Sinan, and Atatürk.

Log of the Eclipse (1) Walter Jon Williams 2006

The objective of the Comneni was to prevent the Hungarians from establishing control over the Slavic regions of Dalmatia, Croatia, and Serbia.

1124 2001

Manuel I Comnenus, the son of John, an adroit statesman and ambitious soldier, and the greatest and most splendid of the Comneni.

1124 2001

"The imperial family is a distinct branch, which I can trace back for you through the Comneni to Emperor Constantino X and his ancestors, who --"

Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969

"We came here with the Comneni, after the Latin pigs Jtook Constantinople."

Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969