Eirene (Bertha of Sulzbach), first wife of Manuel I M XII
Εἰρήνη (cf. Varzos 81-I.422) (Eirene 66)
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Narrative (16) Death (1) 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 (8) Ethnic label (1) Kinship (7) 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 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 Location (1)