Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus (, 1056 – 15 August 1118 — note that some sources list his date of birth as 1048 ), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118, and although he was not the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power.

* Abu Bakr ibn Umar ( 1056 – 1087 )-partitioned reign from 1072.

During the reign of Conrad II's son, Henry III ( 1039 to 1056 ), the empire supported the Cluniac reforms of the Church – the Peace of God, prohibition of simony ( the purchase of clerical offices ), and required celibacy of priests.

The reform-minded Pope Gregory VII was determined to oppose such practices, leading to the Investiture Controversy with King Henry IV ( r. 1056 – 1106 ), who repudiated the Pope's interference and persuaded his bishops to excommunicate the Pope, whom he famously addressed by his born name " Hildebrand ", rather than his divine name " Pope Gregory VII ".

* 1017 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor ( d. 1056 )

Pope Benedict IX ( c. 1012 – c. 1056 ), born in Rome as Theophylactus of Tusculum, was Pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048.

Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800 – 1056.

* William II of England ( c. 1056 – 1100 )

* October 29 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor ( d. 1056 )

1056 – d. 25 December 1086 ), daughter of Duke ( and since 1085 King ) Vratislaus II of Bohemia.

Otto ( or Othon in French, Oddone in Italian ) ( 1010 / 1020 – ) was a Count of Savoy from 1051 ( or 1056 ) until his death.

* Amadeus I: 1048 – 1051 or 1056

* Otto: 1051 or 1056 – 1060

Theodora (, 980 – late August / early September, 1056 ) was a Byzantine Empress.

* Conrad III ( 1056 – 1061 )

Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800 – 1056.

* Odo or Eudes ( 1013 – c. 1056 ), who may have been mentally retarded and died after his brother's failed invasion of Normandy

Agnes of Poitou, Agnes of Aquitaine or Empress Agnes ( – 14 December 1077 ) was Holy Roman Empress and regent of the Holy Roman Empire from 1056 to 1062.

Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800 – 1056.

* Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut ( 1056 – 1098?

After Monomachos ' death, however, he was soon recalled to court by his successor, Empress Theodora ( reigned 1055 – 1056 ).

* Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1017 – 1056 )

** Eudes ( 1013 – 1056 )

* Ebu Shuca Sulayman 1042 – 1056

After her husband's death in 1056, Agnes served as regent during on behalf of young son, Henry IV.

After the death of his father, Godwin the Earl of Wessex, Leofwine ( c. 1035 – 1066 ), sometime between 1056 and 1058, became Earl of Kent, a new earldom at the time.

Theodora became gravely ill with an intestinal disorder in late August 1056, and died a few days later, on 31 August 1056, at the age of 76.

Twenty-eight days after Alexander II's election an assembly of German and Lombard bishops and notables opposed to the reform movement was brought together at Basel by the Empress Agnes as regent for her son, Emperor Henry IV ( 1056 – 1105 ), and was presided over by the Imperial Chancellor Wilbert.

The duration of visibility is explicitly mentioned in chapter 12 of Songshi, and slightly less accurately, in the Song Huiyao, the last sighting was the 6th of April 1056, after a very long period of visibility of 642 days.

Over the very long period of observation of the guest star of 1054 ( 642 days, between the 4 July 1054 and the 6 April 1056 ), there is no mention of movement, and the very long duration of the phenomenon is three times that of the longest reported duration of a comet ( just over six months ).

Born into the Macedonian dynasty that had ruled the Byzantine Empire for almost two hundred years, she was co-empress with her sister Zoe for two months in 1042 and sole empress from 11 January 1055 to after 31 August 1056.

Michael VI Bringas (, Mikhaēl VI Bringas ), called Stratiotikos or Stratioticus (" the Military One ", " the Warlike " or " the Bellicose ") or Gerontas (" the Old "), was Byzantine emperor from 1056 to 1057.

* Alexios I Komnenos ( Ἀλέξιος Α ' Κομνηνός, 1056 – 15 August 1118 ), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118.

This " Byzantine Reconquest " was overseen by the able sovereigns of the Macedonian dynasty ( 867 – 1056 ), and marked the noontide of the Byzantine state.

The Macedonian dynasty ruled the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056, following the Amorian dynasty.

Michael Bringas was chosen by the empress Theodora as her successor shortly before her death in early September, 1056.

* Theodora ( Θεοδώρα )( 980 – 1056, ruled 1042 )

* Theodora ( Θεοδώρα ) ( ruled 1055 – 1056 ) – restored

* Theodora ( 1056 )

* Theodora ( Θεοδώρα )( 980 – 1056, ruled 1042 ) – daughter of Constantine VIII, co-empress with Zoe

* Theodora ( Θεοδώρα ) ( ruled 1055 – 1056 ) – restored

* Michael VI ( Μιχαήλ ΣΤ ') ( ruled 1056 – 1057 ) – chosen by Theodora ; deposed and entered monastery

******** Theodora ( 980 – 1056 )