Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)

Alexios II Komnenos (Medieval Greek: Αλέξιος Β' Κομνηνός; 14 September 1169: 64  – September 1183), Latinized Alexius II Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. He ascended to the throne as a minor. For the duration of his short reign, the imperial power was de facto held by regents.