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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Pope Urban II, Alexios I Komnenos, Edgar the AEtheling, Robert Curthose, Stephen II, Count of Blois, Adhemar of Le Puy, Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Peter the Hermit, Godfrey of Bouillon, Walter Sans Avoir, Sigurd I of Norway, Rotrou III, Count of Perche, Bernard II, Count of Besalu, William the Carpenter, John Doukas, Manuel Boutoumites, Robert II, Count of Flanders, Adela of Normandy, Tatikios, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Hugh I, Count of Vermandois, Fernando Diaz, Oshin of Lampron, Arnulf of Chocques, Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, Constantine Opos, Warner of Grez, Gaston IV, Viscount of Bearn, Richard of Salerno, Peter Bartholomew, Aicard, Thoros of Edessa, Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut, William-Jordan, Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone, William V of Montpellier, Centule II, Count of Bigorre, Hugh VI of Lusignan, Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy, Sweyn the Crusader, Raymond of Aguilers, John the Oxite, Raimbaut II, Count of Orange, Herman of Hauteville, Girard I of Roussillon, Hugh II, Count of Saint-Pol, Geoffrey II of Vendome, Guynemer of Boulogne, Gervaise of Bazoches, Florine of Burgundy, Hugh of Die, Guy II of Montlhery, Erard I, Count of Brienne, Bernard of Valence, Roman of Le Puy, Fulk of Guines, Heribrand II of Hierges. Excerpt: Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus (Greek: , 1056 - 15 August 1118-note that some sources list his date of birth as 1048), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118, and although he was not the founder of Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power. Inheriting a collapsing empire and faced with constant warfare during his reign against both the Seljuq Turks in Asia Minor and the Normans in the western Balkans, Alexios was able to halt the Byzantine decline and begin the mil..
