Aikaterine of Bulgaria, wife of Isaakios I Komnenos M XI
τῆς αὐγούστης (cf. Varzos 4-I.41) (Aikaterine 101)
(Unspecified)
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Narrative
(29)
Authorship
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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)
Augousta
αὐγούστης. Boilas 39
αὐγοῦσταν. Skylitzes Continuatus 103.16-17
Αὐγούσταν. Zonaras 18.4.6
Autokratorissa
αὐτοκρατορίσσης Ῥωμαίων. Psellos Oratoria minora 18.55
Basilis
βασιλίς. Glykas 604.1
μεγάλης βασιλίσσης. Psellos Oratoria minora 18.54-55
βασιλίς. Skylitzes Continuatus 109.16
βασιλὶς. Psellos: Chronographia VII 79.2; 80.12
βασίλισσα. Psellos: Chronographia VII 89.8
βασιλίς. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 112.356
Despoina
δέσποινα. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 112.356
Education
(null)
Ethnic label
(1)
Bulgarian (daughter of the emperor of the Bulgarians)
βασιλέως Βουλγάρων Σαμουὴλ θυγατέρων. Bryennios 77.12
Second Name
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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
Language Skill
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Location
(6)
Constantinople: Myrelaion
led an ascetic life at the monastery of Myrelaion τῇ μονῇ τοῦ Μυλαίου. Glykas 604.2
was tonsured and withdrew to the palace of Myrelaion ἐν τοῖς παλατίοις τοῦ Μυρελαίου. Skylitzes Continuatus 109.17
Constantinople: Stoudios
adorned the church of Prodromos at Stoudios τὸν πάνσεπτον τοῦ Προδρόμου ναόν. Skylitzes Continuatus 110.18
requested and was buried in the cemetery of the monastery of Stoudios ἐν τῷ κοιμητηρίῳ τῆς τοῦ Στουδίου μονῆς. Skylitzes Continuatus 110.16-17
Pemolissa (Asia Minor)
was sent by her husband
Isaakios 1
to the fort of Pemolissa (Asia Minor) τὴν Πημόλισσαν. Skylitzes 492.53
was summoned (to Constantinople) by
Isaakios 1
from the fort at Pemolissa (Asia Minor) Πημολίσσης. Skylitzes Continuatus 103.16
Occupation/Vocation
(3)
Nun
διῆγον ἀσκητικὸν βίον. Glykas 604.2-3
μεταμφιάσασθαι. Psellos Oratoria minora 18.48
πᾶσαν ἄσκησιν μοναδικὴν μετερχόμεναι. Skylitzes Continuatus 109.17-18
Possession
(null)
Religion
(null)
Eunuchs
(null)
Alternative Name
(2)
Xene
Name taken upon tonsure as a nun: μετονομασθεῖσα Ξένη. Glykas 604.8-9
Ξένη. Skylitzes Continuatus 110.6