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Person · 11th c. CE – 1201 CE

John Komnenos the Fat

Also known as

Giovanni Axuch Comneno
Ioannes Comnenus Axuchus
Jan Komnen Gruby
Jan Komnenos Tlustý
Jean Comnène le Gros
Joan Comnè el Gras

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citizen ofByzantine Empire395 CE
died inConstantinople330 CE

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