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Isaac I Comnenus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (378 words) |
 | During the disturbed reigns of Basil's seven immediate successors, Isaac by his prudent conduct won the confidence of the army; in 1057 he joined with the nobles of the capital in a conspiracy against Michael VI, and after the latter's deposition was invested with the crown, thus founding the new dynasty of the Comneni. |
| He revoked numerous pensions and grants conferred by his predecessors upon idle courtiers, and, meeting the reproach of sacrilege by the patriarch of Constantinople by a decree of exile, resumed a proportion of the revenues of the wealthy monasteries. |
| Isaac's great aim was to restore the former strict organization of the government, and his reforms, though unpopular with the aristocracy and the clergy, and not understood by the people, certainly contributed to stave off for a while the final ruin of the Byzantine Empire. |
| Isaac Comnenus of Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (870 words) |
| Isaac Comnenus was the last ruler of Cyprus before the Frankish conquest during the Third Crusade. |
| Isaac was taken prisoner near Cape St. Andreas on the Karpas penninsula, the northernmost tip of the island. |
| Isaac was given over to the Knights of St. John, who kept him imprisoned in Margat near Tripoli till his death in 1194 or 1195. |
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