Leon Diogenes, son of Romanos IV and Eudokia Makrembolitissa L XI
Λέων (Skoulatos 113, Cheynet: Diogenai, p. 578) (Leon 15005)
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Narrative
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Death
(1)
In the battle against the Pechenegs near Dristra, he was swept forward by the fighting further than he should towards the enemy wagons, and was mortally wounded
καιρίαν πληγεὶς πέπτωκεν. Anna Komnene 212.69-72
Description
(3)
Might he be he noble star of
Romanos 4
to whom Psellos refers?
Psellos Letters (Sathas) 6.232
He and his brother
Nikephoros 64
were young men with no experience of the misery of war
νέοι καὶ τῆς τῶν μόθων κακότητος ἄγευστοι. Anna Komnene 210.31-33
Like his brother
Nikephoros 64
, he was exceptional in attractive appearance and strength ... tall and extremely well-proportioned ... just like lion cubs
... κατά τε σώματος ὥραν καὶ ῥώμην διαφέροντας τῶν πολλῶν ... ὑψηλοὺς καὶ ἰσομέτρους ὥσπερ ὑπὸ κανόνα ... σκύμνους οἷον λέοντος. Anna Komnene 271.6-11
Dignity/Office
(3)
Basileus
βασιλεῖ. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 3.226
Despotes
δεσπότῃ. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 3.226
Porphyrogennetos
πορφυρογέννητοι. Anna Komnene 205.70
Education
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Second Name
(1)
Diogenes
Διογένει. Psellos Letters (Sathas) 3.226
Kinship
(5)
brother of
Michael 7
αὐτάδελφος. Anna Komnene 270.96
brother of
Nikephoros 64
(υἱεῖς). Anna Komnene 130.21
son of
Eudokia 1
(μητέρα). Anna Komnene 271.23
son of
Romanos 4
υἱεῖς. Anna Komnene 130.21
(πατρός). Psellos Letters (Sathas) 3.226
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Eunuchs
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