Isaac Angelos, Emperor Issakios II

1156 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Isaac Angelos
  Title	Emperor Issakios II
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Sep 1156	Turkey
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I7302	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Andronikos Dukas Angelos,   b. Abt 1120, Turkey d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa,   b. Abt 1125, Turkey d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herina Tornikaina,   b. Abt 1150   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1181
  Children	+ 1. Irini Maria Angelina, Queen Of Sicily ,   b. 1184, Turkey d. 27 Aug 1208, Baden-Wuttemberg, Germany (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In 1185, a lieutenant of Emperor Andronicus I ordered the arrest and ex e c u t i on of Isaac, but Isaac escaped and ignited a city-wide rebellion. A n d r o n icus was overthrown and murdered 12 September 1186 . Isaac was ins t a l l e d on the throne. "In 1195, Alexius Angelos, the emperor's elder brother ... proclaimed h i m s e l f emperor. Isaac was blinded and imprisoned in Constantinople . Af t e r e i g ht years, he was raised from his dungeon to his throne once more a f t e r t h e arrival of the Fourth Crusade. But his son Alexius I V was the a c t u a l m onarch. Isaac died in 1204, shortly after the usurpation of his g e n e r a l, Mourzouphles," (Chisholm, 1911).