Eirene (Bertha of Sulzbach), first wife of Manuel I M XII
Εἰρήνη (cf. Varzos 81-I.422) (Eirene 66)
(Unspecified)
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Narrative
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Authorship
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Death
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She died, and her husband grieved bitterly, and buried her in a magnificent tomb in his father's monastery of the Pantokrator
Niketas Choniates, Historia 115.47-52
The final day of her life came: she left two daughters (
Maria 17002
,
Anna 17001
), the second of whom who was soon herself to die
ἡ τέλειος ἡμέρα τοῦ βίου ... ἐπεγένετο. Kinnamos 202.6-7
Description
(3)
A woman far superior to others of that time in prudence, propriety and charity to those in need
γυναικὶ ἐπὶ σωφροσύνῃ, ὥσπερ εἴρηταί μοι καὶ πρότερον, καὶ κοσμιότητι καὶ οἴκτῳ τῷ πρὸς τοὺς δεομένους πολλῷ τὰς κατ᾿ ἐκεῖνον ὑπερβαλλούσῃ τὸν χρόνον. Kinnamos 202.7-10
Inferior to none of her contemporaries in propriety of character and the spiritual virtues
ἠθῶν δὲ κοσμιότητι καὶ ψυχικαῖς ἀρεταῖς οὐδεμιᾶς ἐλάσσω τῶν τότε. Kinnamos 36.1-4
She was of the most brilliant aristocratic German family; she preferred beauty of soul to beauty of body, despising the cosmetics beloved of silly girls; she also had the obstinacy of her race ...
γένους τῶν ἐπὶ δόξης καὶ πάνυ λαμπρῶν ... εἶχε δὲ τὸ μὴ ἐπικλινὲς ἐθνικὸν καὶ τὸ τῆς γνώμης ἐκέκτητο δυσμετάθετον. Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.58-54.64
Dignity/Office
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Augousta
Αὐγούστα. Kinnamos 118.20
αὐγούστα.
Seal 0
αὐγούστης. Tzetzes, Letters 79 tit
Basilis
βασιλίς. Kinnamos 87.7-8, 129.17, 202.7
βασιλίδος. Niketas Choniates, Historia 81.27, 81.46
Despoina
δεσποίνης. Tzetzes, Letters 79 tit
Empress
ἄνασσα. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXIV.4
imperatrix. Odo of Deuil 56
Education
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Ethnic label
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German (German)
ἐξ ᾿Αλαμανῶν. Kinnamos 99.22
ἐξ ᾿Αλαμανῶν. Eustathios: Capture of Thessalonike 20.17
Second Name
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Kinship
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daughter of
Berengar 101
(filie). William of Tyre bk. 16, 23.55
kin of
Conrad 53
(ξυγγενῆ οὖσαν ... κατεγγύησεν). Kinnamos 87.8-9
mother of
Anna 17001
μήτηρ. Kinnamos 202.10-13
mother of
Maria 17002
(ἐτέχθη ἐκ τῆς Αὐγούστης). Kinnamos 118.19-21
ἀπέτεκεν. Niketas Choniates, Historia 137.67
ἐγείνατο. Eustathios: Capture of Thessalonike 20.18
sister of
Anonyma 254
(sorores). William of Tyre bk. 16, 23.55
wife of
Manuel 1
μνηστευθεῖσαν ... ἠγάγετο. Kinnamos 36.2 cf. 87.8-9, 99.22
δάμαρ. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXIV.5
ἄλοχος. Niketas Choniates, Historia 137.67
Language Skill
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Location
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Constantinople: Pantokrator
she was buried in a magnificent tomb in the Pantokrator monastery Παντοκράτορος. Niketas Choniates, Historia 115.50
Germany
her origin was in Germany ἐξ Ἀλαμανῶν. Niketas Choniates, Historia 137.67
Pelagonia (Macedonia)
was warned of an assasination attempt on
Manuel 1
at Pelagonia (Macedonia) ῾Ηρακλείᾳ ποτὲ τῇ Μυσῶν ... Πελαγονίαν. Kinnamos 129.17
Occupation/Vocation
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Possession
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Religion
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Eunuchs
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Alternative Name
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