Maria Komnene, sister of Alexios I, wife of Michael Taronites M / L XI
τῆς ἁγίας σου μητρός (BBÖ I.38, Varzos 11-I.64, Kouroupou-Vannier 34) (Maria 105)
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Death
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She died on an August 18 [in a year before 1136]
Christos Philanthropos, note 34
She is recorded among the deceased in the obituary of the Typikon of the Pantokrator monastery (October, 1136)
Pantokrator Typikon 231-232
Description
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Was still alive at the time of her father (
Ioannes 63
)'s death
αἳ καὶ μέχρι τέλους αὐτοῦ διεσώθησαν· ἐπὶ τούτοις γὰρ τὸν βίον κατέλυσεν. Bryennios 79.1-3
Given a good upbringing by her mother
Anna 61
Dalassene, she was made worthy of her family
ἡ μήτηρ ἅπαντας καλῶς ἀναθρεψαμένη ἀξίους τοῦ γένους ἀπέδειξεν. Bryennios 85.17
She was one of the deceased members of
Ioannes 2
's family prescribed weekly commemoration on Saturdays in the obituary of the Pantokrator monastery
Pantokrator Typikon 231-232
Eldest sister of
Alexios 1
, ..., greatly loved by their mother (
Anna 61
) and honoured by
Alexios 1
and
Isaakios 61
τῇ πρώτῃ ... τῶν ἀδελφῶν, πάνυ στεργομένῃ πρὸς τῆς μητρὸς καὶ πρὸς αὐτῶν τιμωμένῃ. Zonaras 18.21.10
Dignity/Office
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Panhypersebaste
πανυπερσέβαστον.
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πανυπερσέβαστον.
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πανυπερσέβαστον.
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πανυπερσέβαστον.
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πανυπερσεβάστου. Pantokrator Typikon 231-232
Sebaste
σεβαστῇ.
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Education
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Second Name
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Komnenos
Κομνηνῇ.
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Kinship
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aunt of
Ioannes 2
θειῶν. Pantokrator Typikon 231-232
daughter of
Anna 61
(μήτηρ). Bryennios 85.15-17
(μητρὸς). Zonaras 18.21.10
daughter (eldest) of
Ioannes 63
παίδων. Bryennios 77.19-79.1, 85.19
mother of
Ioannes 117
μητρός. Theophylaktos of Ohrid, Letters 191.13
(ἀδελφιδοῦν). Anna Komnene 377.4-5
sister of
Alexios 1
ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφαῖς. Glykas 619.1
ἀδελφαῖς. Zonaras 18.21.9
αὐταδέλφῃ.
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αὐταδέλφου. Christos Philanthropos, note 34
sister (eldest) of
Alexios 101
τῆς πρωτοτόκου αὐταδέλφης. Anna Komnene 377.5
wife of
Michael 136
(κηδεστάς εἶχεν ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφαῖς). Glykas 619.1
(ἀνδράσιν ἡρμόσθησαν). Bryennios 85.18-20
(τῇ πρώτῃ συνεζευγμένον τῶν ἀδελφῶν). Zonaras 18.21.10
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Eunuchs
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