Ioannes Komnenos, son of Isaakios, brother of Ioannes II E / M XII
Ἰωάννην (Varzos 84-I.480) (Ioannes 25002)
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Showed irrational and self-willed conceit and ungovernable temper ... being high-spirited and more haughty than he should be
τῦφος ἄλογος αὐτοθελὴς καὶ θυμὸς πατάπασιν ἀκυβέρνητος ... φρονηματίας ὢν καὶ γαῦρος πλέον τοῦ δέοντος ... . Niketas Choniates, Historia 35.40-36.46
He had been the companion and fellow-wanderer of his father in his travels
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XL.53-54
A wild olive branch from a fine olive root, the only thornbush in a garden full of trees, the only madman in the most sensible of families
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XIX.162-165
He was the firstborn of
Isaakios 102
, a mighty warrior, of excellent stature and very good-looking
ὅπλιτοπάλας καὶ πολεμοκλόνος, φυήν τ᾽ ἀρίστην καὶ εἶδος προφαίνων ἀξιοθέατον. Niketas Choniates, Historia 32.35-37
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Second Name
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Komnenos
Κομνηνῷ. Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.48
Kinship
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cousin of
Manuel 1
ἐξαδέλφῳ. Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.47
husband of
Anonyma 25002
ἐγήματο. Niketas Choniates, Historia 36.59-60
(συνῳκηκέναι). Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.47
nephew of
Ioannes 2
ἀδελφιδοῦ. Niketas Choniates, Historia 35.41
ἀδελφιδοῦν. Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 46.17
(θείου). Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.49
son of
Isaakios 102
(ἐγείνατο). Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.48
τέκνου. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XL.53
(ἐγείνατο). Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.48
eldest son of
Isaakios 102
πρωτότοκον. Niketas Choniates, Historia 32.34-35
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Location
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Ikonion
became a Muslim and married at Ikonion Ἰκονιέως. Niketas Choniates, Historia 36.60
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In the battles around Neokaisareia, when most of the horses had died and some knights were without horses, he still had no lack
μὴ χατίζοντα ἵππων. Niketas Choniates, Historia 35.39-45
Religion
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Muslim
He rejected Christianity and became a Muslim τὰ Χριστιανῶν ἐξομοσάμενος ὄργια. Niketas Choniates, Historia 36.59-60
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