- Alexius
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name = Alexius
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origin = Greek
related names =Alexia (female)Alexey Alexander
footnotes =Alexius is the
latinized form of the given name Alexios ( _el. Αλέξιος, polytonic polytonic|Ἀλέξιος, "defender", cf.Alexander ), especially common in the laterByzantine Empire . Variants include Alexis and the Russian derivative Aleksey. The female form isAlexia ( _el. Αλεξία).It may refer to:
Rulers
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Alexius I Comnenus (1048-1118), Byzantine emperor
*Alexius II Comnenus (1167-1183), Byzantine emperor
*Alexius III , Byzantine emperor
*Alexius IV , Byzantine emperor
*Alexius V , Byzantine emperor
*Alexius I of Trebizond , Emperor of Trebizond
*Alexius II of Trebizond , Emperor of Trebizond
*Alexius III of Trebizond , Emperor of Trebizond
*Alexius IV of Trebizond , Emperor of Trebizond
*Alexius Mikhailovich (1629-1676), Tsar of Russia
*Alexius Petrovich (1690-1718), Russian tsarevichReligious figures
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Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow , (1354-1378)
*Patriarch Alexius I of Constantinople (1025-1043)
*Patriarch Alexius II (1990-present), Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
*Alexius of Nicaea , metropolitan bishop
* SaintAlexius of Rome , fifth-century eastern saint
* Alexius, a monk and saint of Kiev - seeAbraham and Onesimus of Kiev Other people
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Alexios Apokaukos , Byzantine statesman
*Alexios Branas
*Alexios Philanthropenos , Byzantine general
*Alexios Strategopoulos , Byzantine general
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