Theodora - Xene Komnene, sister of Alexios I Komnenos L XI
Ξένῃ (Skoulatos 197, Varzos 14-I.85, Seyrig 290) (Theodora 106)
(Unspecified)
(null)
Narrative
(4)
Authorship
(null)
Death
(1)
She is recorded among the deceased in the obituary of the Typikon of the Pantokrator monastery (October, 1136)
Pantokrator Typikon 231-232
Description
(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
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
Dignity/Office
(2)
Kouropalatissa
κουροπαλατίσσῃ. Attaleiates: Diataxis 101.1345-1346
κουροπαλατίσσῃ.
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Education
(null)
Ethnic label
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Second Name
(3)
Komnenos
τῇ Κομνηνῇ. Attaleiates: Diataxis 101.1346
Κομνηνῇ.
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Κομνηνῇ.
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Kinship
(9)
aunt of
Ioannes 2
θειῶν. Pantokrator Typikon 231-232
daughter of
Anna 61
(μήτηρ). Bryennios 85.15-17
daughter (youngest) of
Ioannes 63
παίδων. Bryennios 77.19-79.2, 85.22
sister of
Alexios 1
ἀδελφῆς. Anna Komnene 284.97
sister of
Isaakios 61
ἀδελφῇ. Bryennios 207.5
wife of
Konstantinos 181
(ἀνδρί). Attaleiates: Diataxis 101.1350
(συνήρμοσεν). Bryennios 87.1
ὁμεύνου. Anna Komnene 284.97
Language Skill
(null)
Location
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Occupation/Vocation
(4)
Nun
μοναχῇ Ξένῃ. Attaleiates: Diataxis 101.1345
μοναχῇ.
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μοναχῇ.
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Possession
(1)
A monokellion (presumably at Raidestos)
τὸ δωρηθὲν ἀκίνητον ἀπὸ τοῦ μονοκελλίου. Attaleiates: Diataxis 101.1343
Religion
(null)
Eunuchs
(null)
Alternative Name
(2)
Xene
Ξένῃ (identity determined by Lemerle, Diataxis 91n.47). Attaleiates: Diataxis 101.1345
Renamed when tonsured as a nun: Ξένης. Pantokrator Typikon 231-232