Aikaterine of Bulgaria, wife of Isaakios I Komnenos M XI
τῆς αὐγούστης (cf. Varzos 4-I.41) (Aikaterine 101)
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Narrative (29) Death (1) Died after celebrating her husband (Isaakios 1 )'s annual commemoration for which she had doubled the customary gift, and was buried in the cemetery of Stoudios τετελευτήκει γὰρ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἀξιώσασα ταφῆναι σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν τῷ κοιμητηρίῳ τῆς τοῦ Στουδίου μονῆς. Skylitzes Continuatus 110.15-18 Description (4) An amazing woman, top-ranking in nobility and yielding to none in piety ἥ τε βασιλίς, θαύμασίον τι χρῆμα γυναικῶν αὕτη καὶ εὐγενείας τὰ πρῶτα καὶ οὐδενὶ παραχωροῦσα τῆς μείζονος ἀρετῆς. Psellos: Chronographia VII 79.2-4 Dearest of his kin ... his most loved ones τούτων δὴ τῶν φιλτάτων ... αὐτὰ τὰ φίλτατα. Psellos: Chronographia VII 89.7, 11 She had never disbelieved (in Psellos, or generally?), even if Charonites (?) refused to believe it; she had royal blood in her veins, and had married a greater monarch Χαρωνίτης [...] ἡ καὶ ἐκ γένους βασίλειον αἷμα λαχοῦσα καὶ κρείττονι αὖθις βασιλείᾳ τὴν προλαβοῦσαν νικήσασα εὔκλειαν. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 112.357 Companion of Isaakios 1 's life τὴν τοῦ βίου αὐτῷ κοινωνὸν. Zonaras 18.4.6 Dignity/Office (11) Ethnic label (1) Kinship (19) daughter of Vladislav 101 θυγατέρα. Skylitzes 492.51 daughter (eldest) of Samuel 103 πρεσβυτέρᾳ τῶν...θυγατέρων. Bryennios 77.11-12 mother of Maria 101 (θυγάτηρ). Glykas 604.2 (θυγάτηρ). Skylitzes Continuatus 109.16 μητρί. Psellos: Chronographia VII 80.13 (θυγάτηρ). Psellos: Chronographia VII 79.4; 80.12-13 (θυγατρό~). Psellos Letters (Sathas) 161.419 sister of Aaron 101 (ἀδελφόν). Skylitzes 493.82 (αὐταδέλφου). Boilas 39 (σύ´γγονον). Zonaras 18.2.20 wife of Isaakios 1 γυναῖκα. Skylitzes 492.50 (βασιλίς). Glykas 604.1 τῆς γυναικός. Kleinchroniken 143.71 γυναῖκα. Skylitzes Continuatus 103.16 συζεύγνυται. Bryennios 77.11-12 τῆς συνοικούσης. Zonaras 18.2.20 γυναῖκα. Psellos: Chronographia VII 89.22; 9.6 ἡ ὁμόλεκτρος. Psellos: Chronographia VII 89.7-8 (κρείττονι αὖθις βασιλείᾳ). Psellos Letters (Sathas) 112.357 Location (6) Occupation/Vocation (3) Alternative Name (2)