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) 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) Location (6) Occupation/Vocation (3) Alternative Name (2)