Maria Komnene, daughter of Isaakios I Komnenos M XI
Μαρία (Varzos 8-I.58) (Maria 101)
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Description
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Beautiful in the eyes of her parents even though she was tonsured before her time and also after tonsure, amber and tawny in colouring, she made these qualities august by hear bearing
ὡραία δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ κατ’ ἄμφω καὶ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκτετμημένη, ἀλλὰ καὶ μετὰ τὴν τομήν, ἠλεκτρώδης τε ὁμοῦ καὶ πυρσὴ καὶ τῷ σχήματι ἄμφω κατασεμνύνουσα. Psellos: Chronographia VII 79.4-7
Dearest of his kin ...his only daughter, so to speak, ... his most loved ones
τούτων δὴ τῶν φιλτάτων ... ἡ δὲ θυγάτηρ μονογενής, οὕτως εἰπεῖν, ... αὐτὰ τὰ φίλτατα. Psellos: Chronographia VII 89.7-8, 11
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Sebaste
σεβαστή. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 120.369
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Kinship
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daughter of
Aikaterine 101
θυγάτηρ. Glykas 604.2
θυγάτηρ. Skylitzes Continuatus 109.16
θυγάτηρ. Psellos: Chronographia VII 79.4; 80.12-13
(μητρὶ). Psellos: Chronographia VII 80.13
θυγατρό~. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 161.419
daughter of
Isaakios 1
(οἱ ἤδη μοι χάριτι θεοῦ γενόμενοι). Glykas 603.19-20
τῇ θυγατρί. Skylitzes Continuatus 108.19-20
τῇ θυγατρί. Attaleiates: History 69.9-10 / 52.26
θυγατέρα. Bryennios 85.9
θυγάτηρ. Psellos: Chronographia VII 79.4; 80.12-13; 82.16; etc.
θυγάτριον. Psellos: Chronographia VII 89.22-5
θυγατρός. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 161.419
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Location
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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 109.117
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Nun
διῆγον ἀσκητικὸν βίον. Glykas 604.2-3
πᾶσαν ἄσκησιν μοναδικὴν μετερχόμεναι. Skylitzes Continuatus 109.17-18
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Eunuchs
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Alternative Name
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Xene
Ξένη. Glykas 604.2-3