Certainty: 0 Marriage of Isaakios (I) to Aikaterine, eldest daughter of Samuel of Bulgaria Certainty: 0
1057
Certainty: 2 Isaakios (I) sent his family for safety to the fort of Pemolissa Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Isaakios I sent for Aikaterine & made her augousta Certainty: 2
1058
Certainty: 2 Psellos wrote to the empress Aikaterine that he could not bear Constantinople without her & Isaakios I Certainty: 2
Certainty: 1 Isaakios I & his empress Aikaterine beautified church of St Ioannes Prodromos Certainty: 1
1059
Certainty: 2 Psellos wrote to Isaakios I as he set out against the Pechenegs, warning him of Selte Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Campaign of Isaakios I against Pechenegs: all leaders but Selte submitted, & Selte was crushed
After Isaakios I checked the attacks of eastern barbarians - an easy task - he marched in full force against those in the west living beyond the Danube (Pechenegs). They had suddenly risen and crossed the frozen river to Roman territory. When he marched against them their leaders came to offer their allegiance except for one, Selte. The latter's camp was deep in the forest and marshes of the Danube, near a precipitous rock. From there he came to the plain to fight, but was easily defeated. The Pechenegs dared not face the disciplined ranks of Isaakios' men, but attacked in small groups. As they were still unsuccessful they said they would fight on the third day, abandoning the weak in camp and dispersing to rough country, fleeing like hares back to the Danube forests. When Isaakios attacked on the third day, nobody was to be seen. He captured Selte's hideout, but thought it unwise to pursue them further. He destroyed their tents, took the booty and returned bearing trophies and leaving a guard, then made his way back to Constantinople. Isaakios' wife Aikaterine and his daughter Maria, by their prayers, should share his triumph
Certainty: 2 The father-in-law of Theodoros Dokeianos died near the end of Isaakios I's Danube expedition (at Lobitzos?) Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Isaakios Komnenos after hesitations appointed Konstantinos (X) Doukas as successor Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Isaakios I, feeling better after abdication, went in imperial vessel to Stoudios, & was tonsured Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Empress Aikaterine soon imitated her husband's tonsure: but Konstantinos X included her in his first acclamations Certainty: 2
1063
Certainty: 1 Devotion of empress Aikaterine to memory of Isaakios I, & her death
The ex-empress Aikaterine, after the abdication of Isaakios I, led an ascetic life at the monastery of Mylaion (Myrelaion). After his death she too was tonsured and changed her name to Xene. She organised the annual commemoration of the deceased emperor, to which she invited many monks including the entire community of Stoudios. She ordered the customary gift given at the commemoration to be doubled. Asked by the hegoumenos of Stoudios about the reason for this she replied that she did not know if she would still be alive the following year. She died within the year