Andronikos' life of seduction & sedition on Byzantium's eastern frontier
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1161-1180)
1166
Summary:
Dates:
1166
Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos (
Andronikos 1
)
After a brief period in post, he became betrothed (incestuously) to
Philippa 17001
, sister of the empress
Maria 63
; then abandoned her and went to Palestine with the tax money from Cilicia and Cyprus (:)
Kinnamos 250.5-11
On arrival at Acre in Palestine, he met the daughter of the sebastokrator
Isaakios 103
and widow of king
Baldwin 53
(
Theodora 17002
); as a relative he visited her often and had private conversations with her; they became (incestuously) lovers (:)
Kinnamos 250.11-18
Eloped into Saracen lands with
Theodora 17002
, had children with her (
Anonymi 17012
), travelled through many foreign lands and reached the eastern country of the Iberians (Georgians) (:)
Kinnamos 250.18-251.2
Returning to Turkish lands, he made frequent invasions of Byzantine territory, taking many prisoners and giving the booty to the Turks; thus he was anathematised by the Church (Not long after:οὐ πολλῷ δὲ ὕστερον)
Kinnamos 251.2-6
children of Andronikos I and Theodora (
Anonymi 17012
)
Were born in Saracen lands of an incestuous liaison (between
Andronikos 1
and
Theodora 17002
) (:)
Kinnamos 250.18-251.1
Philippa of Antioch, daughter of Raymond of Poitiers (
Philippa 17001
)
Was betrothed (incestuously) to
Andronikos 17003
, but was then abandoned by him (:)
Kinnamos 250.6-9
Theodora, wife of Baldwin III of Jerusalem and mistress of Andronikos I (
Theodora 17002
)
Was visited at Acre by her relative
Andronikos 1
, who visited her often and had private conversations with her; they became (incestuously) lovers, eloped to the land of the Saracens and later had children (
Anonymi 17012
) (:)
Kinnamos 250.11-251.1