Middle Eastern Rulers

Byzantine Empire¹
Macedonian Dynasty
  Basil I ‘the Macedonian’ (867-886) co-regent 866&nbsp
  Leo VI ‘the Wise’ (886-912) co-regent 870&nbsp
  Alexander (912-913) co-regent 879&nbsp
  Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959) co-regent 908&nbsp
  Romanus II (959-963) co-regent 945&nbsp
  Nicephorus II Phocas (963-969)&nbsp
  John I Tzimisces (969-976)&nbsp
  Basil II Bulgaroctonus (976-1025)&nbsp
  Constantine VIII (1025-1028) co-regent 960&nbsp
  Romanus III Argyrus (1028-1034) co-regent 962&nbsp
  Michael IV ‘the Paphlagonian’ (1034-1041) &nbsp
  Michael V Calaphates (1041-1042) &nbsp
  Zoë (1042) co-regent 1028-1050 &nbsp
  Constantine IX Monomachus (1042-1055)&nbsp
  Theodora (1055-1056) co-regent 1042&nbsp
  Michael VI Stratioticus (1056-1057)&nbsp
  Isaac I Comnenus (1057-1059)&nbsp
Ducas Dynasty
  Constantine X Ducas (1059-1067) &nbsp
  Eudocia Macrembolitissa (1067-1068) &nbsp
  Romanus IV Diogenes (1068-1071) &nbsp
  Eudocia Macrembolitissa (1071) &nbsp
  Michael VII Parapinaces (1071-1078) co-regent 1060&nbsp
  Nicephorus III Botaniates (1078-1081)&nbsp
Comnenian Dynasty
  Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118)&nbsp
  John II (1118-1143)&nbsp
  Manuel I (1143-1180)&nbsp
  Alexius II (1180-1183)&nbsp
  Andronicus I (1183-1185)&nbsp
Angelus Dynasty
  Isaac II Angelus (1185-1195)&nbsp
  Alexius III (1195-1203)&nbsp
  Isaac II (1203-1204)&nbsp
  Alexius IV (1203-1204)&nbsp
  Alexius V Ducas, Murtzuphlus (1204)&nbsp
Lascarid Dynasty
  Theodore I Lascaris (1204-1222)&nbsp
  John III Vatatzes (1222-1254)&nbsp
  Theodore II Lascaris (1254-1258)&nbsp
  John IV (1258-1261)&nbsp
Palaeologan Dynasty
  Michael VIII Paleologus (1261-1282) co-regent&nbsp
  Andronicus II (1282-1328) co-regent 1272&nbsp
  Michael IX (1294-1320)&nbsp
  Andronicus III (1328-1341) co-regent 1325&nbsp
  John V (1341-1376)&nbsp
  John VI Cantacuzenus (1347-1354)&nbsp
  Matthew (1353-1357)&nbsp
  Andronicus IV (1376-1379)&nbsp
  John V (1379-1390)&nbsp
  John VII (1390)&nbsp
  John V (1390-1391)&nbsp
  Manuel II (1391-1425) co-regent 1373&nbsp
  John VII (1399-1408)&nbsp
  John VIII (1425-1448) co-regent 1421&nbsp
  Constantine XI, Dragases (1448-1453)&nbsp
  Captured by the Turks 1453

Principality of Antioch²
House of Hauteville
  Bohemond I (1099-1111) &nbsp
  Tancred (1111-1112) &nbsp
  Roger of Salerno (1112-1119) &nbsp
  Baldwin II of Jerusalem (11119-1126) &nbsp
  Bohemond II (1126-1130) &nbsp
  Constance (1130-1163)&nbsp
  Raymond of Poitiers (1136-1149) &nbsp
  Reginald of Chätillon (1149-1160)&nbsp
House of Poitiers
  Bohemond III, the Stammerer (1163-1201) &nbsp
  Bohemond IV, the One-eyed (1201-1216) &nbsp
  Raymond Rupen (1216-1219 &nbsp
  Bohemond IV (1219-1233) &nbsp
  Bohemond V (1233-1252) &nbsp
  Bohemond VI (1252-1275)&nbsp
  Bohemind VII (1275-1287) &nbsp
  Lucy (1288-1289)&nbsp
  Captured by the Mameluks 1289

County of Edessa³
House of Boulogne
  Baldwin I (109-1100)&nbsp
House of Rethel
  Baldwin II of Bourg (1100-1118)&nbsp
House of Rethel
  Joscelin I (1118-1131)&nbsp
  Joscelin II (1131-1150)&nbsp
  Captured by the Turks 1150

Empire of Thessalonica⁴
House of Montferrat
  Boniface (1204-1207) &nbsp
  Demetrius (1207-1224) &nbsp
Angelus Dynasty
  Theodore (1224-1230) &nbsp
  Manuel (1230-1237) &nbsp
  John (1237-1244) &nbsp
  Demetrius (1244-1246)&nbsp
  Captured by the Byzantines 1246

Kingdom of Jerusalem⁵
House of Boulogne
  Godfrey of Bouillon (1099-1100) &nbsp
  Baldwin I (1100-1118) &nbsp
House of Rethel
  Baldwin II of Bourg (1118-1131) &nbsp
House of Anjou
  Fulk of Anjou (1131-1143) &nbsp
  Melisend (1131-1152) &nbsp
  Baldwin III (1143-1163)&nbsp
  Amalric (1163-1174) &nbsp
  Baldwin IV, the Leper (1174-1185) &nbsp
  Baldwin V (1185-1186) &nbsp
  Sibyl (1186-1190) &nbsp
  Guy of Lusignan (1186-1192) &nbsp
  Isabel I (1192-1205)&nbsp
  Conrad I of Montferrat (1192) &nbsp
  Henry I of Champagne (1192-1197) &nbsp
  Aimery of Lusignan (1197-1205) &nbsp
House of Montferrat
  Mary (1205-121) &nbsp
House of Brienne
  John I (1210-1212) &nbsp
  Isabel II (1212-1228) &nbsp
House of Hohenstaufen
  Frederick (1255-1228) &nbsp
  Conrad II (1228-1254) &nbsp
  Conradin (1254-1268)&nbsp
House of Cyprus
  Hugh (1269-1284) &nbsp
  John II (1284-1285) &nbsp
  Henry II (1285-1291)&nbsp
  Palestine captured by the Mameluks 1291

County of Tripoli⁶
House of Toulouse
  Raymond I of St. Gilles (1102-1105) &nbsp
  Alphonse Jordan (1105-1109) &nbsp
  Bertram (1109-1112) &nbsp
  Pons (1112-1137) &nbsp
  Raymond II (1137-1152) &nbsp
  Raymond III (1152-1187)&nbsp

Kingdom of Cyprus⁷
House of Lusignan
  Guy (1192-1194) &nbsp
  Aimery (1194-1205) &nbsp
  Hugh I (1205-1218) &nbsp
  Henry I (1218-1253) &nbsp
  Hugh II (1253-1267) &nbsp
House of Antioch-Lusignan
  Hugh III (1267-1284)&nbsp
  John I (1284-1285) &nbsp
  Henry II (1285-1306) &nbsp
  Amalric (1306-1310) &nbsp
  Henry II (1310-1324) &nbsp
  Hugh IV (1324-1359) &nbsp
  Peter I (1359-1369)&nbsp
  Peter II, the Fat (1369-1382) &nbsp
  James I (1382-1398) &nbsp
  Janus (1398-1432) &nbsp
  John II (1432-1458) &nbsp
  Charlotte (1458-1464) &nbsp
  James II, the Bastard (1464-1473) &nbsp
  James III (1473-1474) &nbsp
  Catherine Cornaro (1473-1489) &nbsp
  Trebizond captured by the Turks 1461

Empire of Constantinople⁸
House of Flanders
  Baldwin I (1204-1205) &nbsp
  Henry (1206-1216) &nbsp
House of Courtenay
  Peter of Courtenay (1217)&nbsp
  Yolanda (1217-1219) &nbsp
  Robert (1221-1228) &nbsp
  John of Brienne (1231-1237) &nbsp
  Baldwin II (1240-1261) &nbsp
  Constantinople captured by the Byzantines 1273

Empire of Trebizond⁹
Comnenerian Dynasty
  Alexius I (1204-1222) &nbsp
  Andronicus I, Gidos (1222-1235) &nbsp
  John I, Axouchos (1235-1238) &nbsp
  Manuel I (1238-1263) &nbsp
  Andronicus II (1263-1266) &nbsp
  George (1266-1280)&nbsp
  John II (1280-1284) &nbsp
  Theodora (1284-1285) &nbsp
  John II (1285-1297) &nbsp
  Alexius II (1297-1330) &nbsp
  Andronicus III (1330-1332) &nbsp
  Manuel II (1332)&nbsp
  Basil (1332-1340) &nbsp
  Irene Palaeologina (1340-1341) &nbsp
  Anna Anachoutlou (1341) &nbsp
  Michael (1341) &nbsp
  Anna Anachoutlou (1341-1342) &nbsp
  John III (1342-1344) &nbsp
  Michael (1344-1349) &nbsp
  Alexius III (1349-1390) &nbsp
  Manuel III (1390-1417)&nbsp
  Alexius IV (1417-1429) &nbsp
  John IV, Calojoannes (1429-1458) &nbsp
  David (1458-1461)&nbsp
  Trebizond captured by the Turks 1461

1. [S38] John Morby, Oxford Dynasties of the World (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), pages 51-53.
2. [S38] ibid., page 171.
3. [S38] ibid., page 171.
4. [S38] ibid., page 55.
5. [S38] ibid., page 172.
6. [S38] ibid., page 173.
7. [S38] ibid., page 173.
8. [S38] ibid., page 174.
9. [S38] ibid., page 56.