Komnenos or
Comnenus , plural
Komnenoi or
Comneni (Κομνηνοί, pronounced /komniní/), is the name of a ruling family of the Eastern Roman or
Byzantine Empire and Greek noble family, who ruled the Byzantine state from 1081 to 1185, and later, as the
Grand Komnenoi (Μεγαλοκομνηνοί,
Megalokomnenoi) founded and ruled the
Empire of Trebizond (1204–1461).