September 11 1185 or 1183 Isaac 2nd Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire (Constantinople Asia Minor – much later Turkey). Isaakios II Angelus of Byzantium 1155-1204, EMPEROR of the EAST, is PM Churchill’s 22-Great Grandfather. […]
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