Isaac II.,

Isaac II., ANGELUS, connected through his mother with the Comnenian emperors, became sovereign of the East in 1185, and reigned ten years. Isaac was a vicious and cowardly prince, and his reign was a period of war and tumult. He was dethroned, blinded, and imprisoned by his brother Alexius in 1195. Eight years later he was restored to the throne, and reigned for a period of six months, when he was again dethroned, and soon after he died in prison.