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mistrust between Byzantines and Crusaders, especially as the Byzantines' supplies dwindled, and Amalric refused to share his own with them but sold them at exorbitant prices. Exasperated by the dragging-on of the siege and the suffering of his troops, Kontostephanos once again disobeyed Manuel's instructions ordering him to obey Amalric in all things, and launched with his troops a final attack on the city. As the Byzantines were about to storm the walls, Amalric stopped them by announcing that a negotiated surrender of Damietta had just taken place. The discipline and cohesion of the Byzantine army almost instantly disintegrated after the news of the peace deal were announced, with troops burning the engines and boarding the ships in groups without order. Left with only six ships, Kontostephanos accompanied Amalric back to Palestine, returning home with part of his army by land through the crusader states of the Levant, while about half of the Byzantine ships that had sailed from Damietta was lost in a series of storms on its return journey, with the last ships arriving in their home ports only in late spring 1170.
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to spend the winter. The Venetians sent envoys to negotiate, but Manuel allowed them to drag on until his own counterstroke, 150 ships under Kontostephanos' command, was ready. In the meantime, the Venetians suffered of disease on Chios. In April 1172, Kontostephanos set sail, but the Venetians were
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parts of the Byzantine force were very badly mauled; however, Andronikos Kontostephanos managed to get his division, bringing up the rear, through the pass with few casualties. He is credited with having persuaded his uncle the emperor, whose confidence had been severely shaken, to remain with his
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Stephen IV's death transformed the conflict into a plain Byzantine–Hungarian war over Sirmium and Dalmatia; both areas were re-occupied by the Hungarians in 1166, after achieving major successes against the imperial forces. In response, Manuel I prepared a major counter-attack in 1167, appointing
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Andronikos Kontostephanos, together with the general Andronikos Angelos, played a key role in allowing his forces to enter Constantinople. However, once in power, Andronikos Komnenos proved that he had a tyrannical nature and a vehement desire to break the power and influence of the Byzantine
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two weeks later. The Christians delayed three days in attacking the city, allowing Saladin to hastily move in troops and supplies. The siege was prosecuted with vigour on both sides, with Kontostephanos and his men constructing huge siege towers, but the besiegers were hampered by the growing
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in late September to find that Amalric had undertaken no preparations whatsoever. The delays on the part of the Crusaders infuriated Kontostephanos and sow mistrust among the ostensible allies. It was not until mid-October that the combined armies and fleets set forth, arriving at
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Upper register: Manuel and the envoys of Amalric, an embassy which resulted in the despatch of the Byzantine force under Kontostephanos to invade Egypt. Lower register: arrival of the crusaders in Egypt
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aristocratic families. Kontostephanos and Angelos reacted by plotting to overthrow Andronikos. The plot was discovered and Andronikos Kontostephanos was captured, whilst Angelos escaped. The
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were an aristocratic Byzantine family that rose to occupy a prominent place at the heart of Byzantine politics and power through their intermarrying with the imperial house of the
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Andronikos was the leading Byzantine military figure during the reign of his uncle, Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. Like his father he was appointed to the office of
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troops following the defeat. Through his influence with the emperor he was instrumental in facilitating the peaceful withdrawal of the Byzantine forces.
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ambushed Manuel's impressively large army as it moved through the pass of Tivritze in mountainous border region between the two states. In the ensuing
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family, another clan with imperial connections. The couple had at least five sons, and possibly daughters, although none is mentioned in the sources.
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The following year (1177), Andronikos led a fleet of 150 ships in another attempt to conquer Egypt, but he returned home after landing at
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Andronikos next appears, along with his brother Alexios, in the course of Manuel I's attempts to settle the dynastic succession in the
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in the place of the moribund Fatimid government as ruler of Egypt, in what would prove a major turning-point of the Crusades.
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who held the city. Andronikos' father was killed during the siege in early 1149, dying in his son's arms. The French scholar
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Due to his exploits, Andronikos is one of the few figures given heroic status in the works of the Byzantine historian
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in 1176, with the intention of taking its capital, Konya, and destroying Turkish power in Anatolia. The Seljuk sultan
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Andronikos received a message from Manuel, who forbade the battle to take place on that day due to unfavourable
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in the winter of 1148/49. The Byzantine forces, led by his father Stephen, were attempting to expel the
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on the feast day of St. Procopius, 8 July 1167. As the battle was about to begin, according to
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On 12 March 1171, as the result of increasingly divergent interests between Byzantium and the
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Manuel mobilized a large force, well beyond what he was obliged, according to the chronicler
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in 1167, would not only end in failure, but also lead to the establishment of the energetic
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In 1169, Andronikos was appointed commander of a fleet carrying a Byzantine army to invade
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omens. Andronikos ignored the order and kept it secret from his officers. The ensuing
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specially constructed to carry siege engines. The fleet set sail from the port of
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The victory sealed Byzantine control over the region around Sirmium, plus all of
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Born ca. 1132/33, Andronikos Kontostephanos was the third and youngest son of
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resulted in "the most spectacular military victory during Manuel's reign" (
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determined that this was a different person, namely his uncle and namesake
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on 8 July 1169. After defeating a small Egyptian scouting squadron near
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into Constantinople with Andronikos Kontostephanos riding by his side.
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but were expelled by imperial troops, and then occupied the island of
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Following the death of Manuel in 1180 the succession fell to his son
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erroneously placed Andronikos in partial command of an expedition to
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Choniates, pp. 105-106; Angold, pp. 192-193; Finlay, pp. 192-195.
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Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, uncle of Andronikos Kontostephanos
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as a general, admiral, politician and a leading aristocrat.
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who starved the Norman garrison into evacuating the island.
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Battle of Myriokephalon and second expedition against Egypt
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Index

Andronikos Kontostephanos
Byzantine Empire
megas doux
Byzantine navy
Battle of Sirmium
Battle of Myriokephalon
Greek
Latinized
Byzantine Empire
Manuel I Komnenos

Stephen Kontostephanos
panhypersebastos
megas doux
'purple-born'
John II Komnenos
Irene of Hungary
Manuel I Komnenos
John
Alexios
Kontostephanoi
Komnenoi
Doukas
megas doux
Byzantine navy
Hellas
Peloponnese
Crete
Varangian Guard
Corfu

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