Stephanos Kontostephanos, brother-in-law of Manuel I, fleet commander E / M XII
Στέφανος (cf. Varzos 77-I.380) (Stephanos 17003)
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Death
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He died when struck on the flank by a rock fired from a catapult in Kerkyra; he lay helpless with his head on one side, then soon died
Niketas Choniates, Historia 79.74-79
He held a naval command in the attack on Kerkyra, but was killed by a stone fired by the Sicilian defenders from a catapult
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLVIII
In an epitaph written to accompany an icon of St Stephanos dedicated by
Anna 25001
, he was said to have died by stoning, just like the saint
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte LI
Was hit by a piece of a rock launched by the defenders of Kerkyra and shattered against a huge siege-ladder
λίθου ... μέγα τι χρῆμα ... ἐκ μηχανῆς τινος ἀφεθὲν τῇ κλίμακι προσαράσσει, ὑπὸ σφοδρότητός τε κατεαγὸς τεμάχια πολλαχοῦ διαφῆκεν, ὧν ἓν ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦκα μετενεχθὲν καιρίαν αὐτὸν ἔπληξεν. Kinnamos 97.7-98.4
Description
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Called Kontostephanos disparagingly, because he was short; his final acts were a sign of a brave and totally warlike and patriotic spirit
ὃν Κοντοστέφανον σμικρολογούμενοι ἐκάλουν. ... ψυχῆς ... γνωρίσματα ἀνδρικῆς καὶ τὸ ὅλον ἀρεϊκῆς τε καὶ φιλοπάτριδος. Kinnamos 97.1-98.1
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Despotes
δεσπότου.
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δεσπότου.
Seal 0
δεσπότην. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLVIII.2
οἱ συνδεσπόται. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte LIV.77
Gambros of the emperor
συγγαμβρικὴ σύνταξις, οἱ συνδεσπόται .... Prodromos, Historische Gedichte LIV.77-78
Megas doux
μέγαν δούκαν. Niketas Choniates, Historia 77.32
Panhypersebastos
πανυπερσέβαστον. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLVIII.4
πανυπερσεβεστάτου. Council of 1147 307
πανυπερσεβάστου. Sakkos (1170) 332.14
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Kontostephanos
Κοντοστέφανος. Kinnamos 97.1
Κοντοστεφάνου.
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Κοντοστεφάνου.
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Κοντοστεφάνου. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLVIII, tit
Κοντοστεφάνου. Council of 1147 307
Κοντοστέφανον. Niketas Choniates, Historia 77.33
Κοντοστεφάνου. Sakkos (1170) 332.14
Kinship
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brother-in-law of
Manuel 1
γαμβρός. Kinnamos 97.1
συγγαμβρικὴ σύνταξις. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte LIV.77
ἐπ᾽ ἀδελφῇ γαμβρόν. Niketas Choniates, Historia 77.32-33
father of
Alexios 25004
(σκυμνεύομαι τούτῳ). Prodromos, Historische Gedichte L.18
(υἱοῦ). Sakkos (1170) 332.14
father of
Andronikos 17004
(παίδων). Kinnamos 97.18, 217.9
(σκυμνεύομαι τούτῳ). Prodromos, Historische Gedichte L.20
father of
Eirene 25001
(σκυμνεύομαι τούτῳ). Prodromos, Historische Gedichte L.21
father of
Ioannes 25006
(σκυμνεύομαι τούτῳ). Prodromos, Historische Gedichte L.16-17
husband of
Anna 25001
ξύνευνον. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLVIII.3
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Location
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Kerkyra
was killed by a stone in the siege of Kerkyra Κερκύρας. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLVIII.9
was killed in the siege of Kerkyra Κέρκυραν. Kinnamos 97.2
was sent to recapture Kerkyra from the Sicilians Κερκυραίων. Niketas Choniates, Historia 78.43
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