Certainty: 2 Bertha von Sulzbach on arrival spoke prophetically about Alexios the co-emperor Certainty: 2
1146
Certainty: 2 Manuel I married Bertha von Sulzbach (Eirene) Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 The major battle of Tzibrelitzemani: Manuel's first moves Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Tzetzes wrote to Megalonas, representative of the empress Eirene, failing to have his fee increased Certainty: 2
1147
Certainty: 3 A council in the Blachernai palace deposed the patriarch Kosmas II Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Louis VII approached Constantinople Certainty: 2
1148
Certainty: 2 Conrad III met Manuel I again on his return, confirming promise of a dowry for his wife Bertha-Eirene Certainty: 2
1149
Certainty: 2 After clever tactics & heroic deeds by Manuel, Kerkyra eventually surrendered Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Manuel I was praised in two sets of Christmas hymns for his Serbian campaign
Manuel I was welcomed to the capital from the west after an absence of three years. Poems for Christmas 1149 and Epiphany 1150 mention his success in the Serbian campaign and his many prisoners, and also prayed for the empress Eirene
1150
Certainty: 2 Manuel was praised in a set of 1150 Epiphany hymns for the successes of 1149 Certainty: 2
Certainty: 1 Eirene the empress dedicated to the Theotokos a gilded silver dove Certainty: 1
1152
Manuel I & Eirene produced their first child, Maria KomneneCertainty: 2
1154
Andronikos (I) made two unsuccessful attempts to murder Manuel at PelagoniaCertainty: 2
1161
Death of the empress Eirene without a male heirCertainty: 2