Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
| Andronikos Doukas Angelos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
c. 1133 Constantinople |
| Died | 1183/85 Acre |
| Allegiance | Byzantine Empire |
| Years of service | c. 1176–1182 |
| Wars | Byzantine–Seljuq wars, revolt of Andronikos I Komnenos |
| Spouse(s) | Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa |
| Relations | Constantine Angelos (father), John Doukas (brother), Constantine, Alexios III, Michael, Theodore, Isaac II, Irene, Theodora (children) |
Andronikos Doukas Angelos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος, c. 1133 – before 1185) was a Byzantine aristocrat related to the ruling Komnenos dynasty. Under his cousin, Manuel I Komnenos, he served without success as a military commander against the Seljuk Turks, and as envoy to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Following Manuel's death, in 1182 he was sent to stop the rebellion of Andronikos I Komnenos, but was defeated and eventually joined him. Shortly after he led a failed conspiracy of leading aristocrats against Andronikos I, but when it was discovered, Andronikos and his sons fled the Empire. Andronikos ended up in Acre, where he died. He was the father of emperors Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos.
Andronikos was born around 1133, the third son of Constantine Angelos and Theodora Komnene, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) and Irene Doukaina. Some time before 1155, probably around 1150, he married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa, sister of Theodore Kastamonites, who became an all-powerful minister during the reign of Andronikos' son Isaac II. Andronikos is first recorded in the sources during the court and ecclesiastical synod convened in March 1166 over the interpretation of Christ's statement "My Father is greater than I", where he participated along with his brothers.
In 1176 he participated, along with his older brother John, as a unit commander of the vanguard in the campaign against the Seljuk Sultanate of Iconium that led to the Byzantine defeat in the Battle of Myriokephalon. In the next year, Andronikos led an embassy—including also the megas hetaireiarches John Doukas Kamateros, Alexander, Count of Gravina, and George Sinaites—to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to renew the alliance between his first cousin, Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180), and King Baldwin IV.
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