ANDRONICUS I., emperor of the East, caused Alexius II., who had been put under his care, to be strangled; and then took possession of the throne of Constantinople in 1183; but the people, becoming exasperated at his cruelties, proclaimed Isaac Angelus emperor, and put Andronicus in irons; they then thrust out his eyes; and, having led him through the city in an ignominious manner, hanged him.