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Birth:          ABT 1000 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_Charon
Alexios Charon (Greek: ??????? ?????, fl.?early 11th century) was a Byzantine 
official in southern Italy and the maternal grandfather of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos 
(reigned 1081–1118), the founder of the Komnenian dynasty.

Very little is known about his life. The only references to him come from the history of 
Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, who married his great-granddaughter Anna 
Komnene.[1] Bryennios reports that "Charon" was a sobriquet given to him for his 
bravery, referring to the ferryman of the underworld in Greek mythology, but the name 
is attested as an actual surname as well.[1]

On Alexios' career, Bryennios only reports that he "handled the emperor's affairs" in 
the Byzantine provinces of southern Italy (the Catepanate of Italy) some time in the 
first half of the 11th century. The exact office that Alexios held is unknown; it has 
been suggested that he may have been the governor (catepan) of Italy, but his name 
appears in no other source.[1] The historian of Byzantine Italy Vera von Falkenhausen 
suggested that he might be identical with Alexios Xiphias, who was catepan in 
1006/07, but Xiphias died in 1007, and Charon's daughter—and mother of Emperor 
Alexios I Komnenos—Anna Dalassene was not born until sometime between 1020 and 
1030.[1]


Marriage To DALASSENE ----- (ABT 1000 - )
    m.  

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Parents
DALASSENOS Adrianos (ABT  980 - AFT 1038)
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Children by DALASSENE ----- ABT 1000 - 
____ Anna Dalassena (ABT 1025 - 1 Nov 1100)

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