Editing Alexios II Komnenos (section)

===Early years===
[[Born in the purple]] at [[Constantinople]], Alexios was the long-awaited son of Emperor [[Manuel I Komnenos]] (who gave him a name that began with the letter [[alpha]] as a fulfillment of the [[AIMA prophecy]]) and [[Maria of Antioch]]. In 1171 he was [[coronation of the Byzantine emperor|crowned co-emperor]], and in 1175 he accompanied his father at [[Dorylaion]] in Asia Minor in order to have the city rebuilt. On 2 March 1180, at the age of ten, he was married to [[Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress|Agnes of France]] aged eight, daughter of King [[Louis VII of France]]. She was thereafter known as Anna,<ref name=odb/>{{rp|64}} and after Alexios' murder three years later, Anna would be remarried to the person responsible, Andronikos, then aged 65.