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| - Emperor John III Comnenus, crowned in 1182, a grandchild of Emperor John II Comnenus, child of Emperor Andronikos I Comnenus (brother of the failed emperor, Manuel I Comnenus), establishes a clearer line of succession, following primogeniture, after a brief lack of emperor due to a poorly defined line. This allows for a clear Heir Apparent and adds much needed, though only temporary, stability to the Empire.
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| - Emperor John III Comnenus, crowned in 1182, a grandchild of Emperor John II Comnenus, child of Emperor Andronikos I Comnenus (brother of the failed emperor, Manuel I Comnenus), establishes a clearer line of succession, following primogeniture, after a brief lack of emperor due to a poorly defined line. This allows for a clear Heir Apparent and adds much needed, though only temporary, stability to the Empire. Despite this, John, a revolutionary among the Byzantines, adopts a more western style of nobility which comes under heavy fire and he is thrown into a vicious and damaging Civil War with much of the Empire. Much territory seceded and left Byzantium Weakened. At that time, John died peacefully, though in deep worry and regret, in his bed. His son, John IV Comnenus, is crowned in 1201 and, in fear of his Dynasty and even his Empire's survival, begins treaties with Rome. Pope William II and John IV agreed to reunite the Greek Orthodox and Catholic Churches and declared Byzantium a Catholic Empire. John IV, now supported by much of Europe, receives loans and troops from thrones as far away as Poland and manages to reconquer much of his empire, forcing them to convert or be executed, winning the Civil War. John IV manages to secure his throne and gains some territory in both the Balkans and Anatolia and is forgiven of many debts and pays most of the remaining off before he died in 1233 of an infection relating to a cut he received during the Civil War. John IV's son, Alexios II Comnenus, was crowned only days after his father's death. Alexios inherited a throne in an opportunistic condition. He signed a treaty with the Seljuk Sultanate and several other Muslim Kingdoms and turned armies north into the Balkans. He made it as far North as Bucharest and ended his advances to keep troops line from being stretched too thin and to allow him to profit off of these newly conquered lands. Despite initial civil disobedience and minor financial problems, Alexios turned the new lands into loyal, profitable, provinces and the Byzantine Language was taught to many of them. Most of his reign focused on forwarding Byzantium Culture while also merging it with Western Cultures to help the Empire move forward. Alexios also led to the first Byzantine Cardinals being appointed and increasing relations with the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He died in 1262 of natural causes and left his empire to his son, who would be crowned John V days later, who would be the first Emperor to, alongside taking the title of Roman Emperor, would also call himself Emperor of Constantinople, which would hare major ramifications for the Empire in later centuries. John achieved immense success when he married Isabella of Jerusalem and produced more than 10 children with her, though the number is unsure do to his tenancy to sleep with many women, pretending their children to be of his wife and not them, and at least two known miscarriages of the Empress. John V died after only 19 years as emperor, though he took the throne at an older age and had many STDs at his death. Two weeks later, after an attempted regency to overthrow the then oversees Emperor apparent, Niketas Comnenus (second son of John V, after his older brother died at age 15, heir to the throne) takes the throne with a Latinised name of Nicolas I of Constantinople in 1281. In the same year, due to his mother's ancestry, Nicolas achieved for the first time a second throne and declared a new era to have begun.
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