Akanga ari mumwe wevakaurayiwa muumambo hwekutyisa hwakaparurwa nemubati wenyika Andronikos I Komnenos (akatonga 1183<unk>1185) muna 1183, uyo akaita kuti ave bofu, kunyangwe zvisingaite zvachose, akabva akandwa mutirongo, nekuti akarwisa muchengeti wedare uyo akapomera njodzi dzakawira umambo pamusoro pekusakwanisa kwaAndronikos's predecessor, muzukuru wake mudiki Alexios II Komnenos (). Donald Nicol anoti izvi zvinoratidza kuti aive mutsigiri weImba yaAngelos, uye akawana mubairo wake apo Isaac II Angelos () paakasvika pachigaro muna 1185: mambo mutsva akamupa chinzvimbo che "Caesar" ndokumugadza kuti atungamire kufamba kwehondo kurwisa vaBulgaria
muna 1186, akanga achangobva kupandukira kutonga kweByzantium uye akanga adzorera Umambo hweBulgaria. Vapanduki vacho havana kurwisa vaByzantium vari pachena, uye panzvimbo pezvo vakadzokera kunhare yavo yomumakomo. Johane akavatevera ikoko, asi nemhaka yokuzvivimba kwake kwakanyanyisa akaregeredza kusimbisa musasa wake uye akaubvumira kukombwa, achitambura kukundwa kunonyadzisa. Zvipfeko zvake zvebasa zvakatorwa ndokuiswa pachena nevatungamiriri veBulgaria Peter naAsen. Johane akabviswa pakuva mukuru mukuru wehondo naMambo achitsigira Alexios Branas, uye akararama ari pamudyandigere.