Andronikos Doukas, brother of Michael VII M / L XI
Ἀνδρόνικος (Polemis 16) (Andronikos 62)
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Narrative (30) Death (1) Description (14) Dignity/Office (8) Education (2) Michael 61 had been responsible for some of his elementary education, and knew that he was competent in philosophy, athletics and war Psellos Andronikos 166.25, 167.11-12 His soul is eager for oratory but he does not neglect profounder enquiries; he causes Michael 61 embarassment by denying that the antipodes exist, as they would hang upside down πρόθυμος δὲ τὴν ψυχὴν περὶ λόγους καὶ οὐδὲ τῶν βαθυτέρων ἀπεχόμενος ζητημάτων· ἐμοὶ γοῦν πράγματα παρέχει περὶ τῶν ἀντιπόδων διαλεγόμενος, ἀπαρνούμενος τούτους, ἵνα μὴ τῶν ποδῶν ἐς κεφαλὴν αἰωροῖντο. Psellos: Chronographia VIIc 14.2-5 Second Name (1) Doukas Δούκας. Psellos Robert 150 Kinship (23) brother of Konstantios 61 τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς. Skylitzes Continuatus 124.5 (ἀδελφὸς). Psellos: Chronographia VIIc 15.tit.; 15.11 brother of Michael 7 τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς. Skylitzes Continuatus 124.5 (τῶν αὐταδέλφων). Attaleiates: History 304.6-7 / 217.17 τοῖν ἀδελφοῖν. Psellos: Chronographia VIIc 9.3; 14.tit. ἀδελφούς. Psellos: Chronographia VIIa 6.27 ἀδελφοί. Anna Komnene 163.76-77 cousin of Andronikos 61 ἐξάδελφος. Skylitzes Continuatus 149.10 nephew of Ioannes 62 (τὸν τούτων πατράδελφον). Attaleiates: History 101.23 / 77.13 son of Eudokia 1 (6 sources)son of Konstantinos 10 παῖδες. Glykas 606.21 παῖδες. Skylitzes Continuatus 118.5 υἱοῖς. Zonaras 18.9.19 τέκνων. Oath of Eudokia 57 βασιλέως υἱός. Psellos Andronikos 165.12 step-son of Romanos 4 προγόνους. Glykas 608.13 τοὺς προγονούς. Skylitzes Continuatus 124.12 προγονοὺς. Attaleiates: History 101.22, 106.1 / 77.12, 80.15 Location (5)