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John Tzelepes Komnenos
John Komnenos (), later surnamed Tzelepes (Τζελέπης, "Tzelepēs"), was the son of the "sebastokrator" Isaac Komnenos and grandson of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. As a young man he followed his father during his exile and wanderings across Asia Minor and the Levant, when for a short time he was married to a daughter of Leo I, ruler of Armenian Cilicia. After the reconciliation between his father and his uncle, Emperor John II Komnenos, in 1138, he returned
. Their children were:
1. John Komnenos (born ), called "Tzelepes" (i.e., "Çelebi"). He accompanied his father during his exile and married a daughter of Leo I, Prince of Armenia. In 1139, he defected to the Sultanate of Rum, became a Muslim, settled at Ikonion and married Sultan Mesud's daughter.
2. A daughter (born ), possibly named Maria, who married the military commander Joseph Bryennios.
3. Anna Komnene (born ),