Death of Georgios Botaneiates
Unit appears in:
IOANNES II (1118-1143)
1120
Summary:
He died, to be mourned by his wife, Zoe Komnene, and their child Anna Botaneiataina Doukaina Komnene. The text works out detailed relationships of the family to three imperial houses
Dates:
1120 (Guess)
Georgios Botaneiates, husband of Zoe Komnene (
Georgios 25001
)
He spoke to God the second verse of his epitaph, thanking him for many blessings, which he listed - his own high family, his high-born
Zoe 25001
, their daughter
Anna 25002
; but fate had brought death, so he could only pray that they be reunited in the next life (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte LX.b
Zoe (Doukaina) Komnene (
Zoe 25001
)
She is shown speaking a verse of her husband's epitaph; as daughter of two imperial families, married into a third, with a child, her life was good; but prosperity was cut short by the early death of Georgios Botaneiates, and she begged aid from the Theotokos (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte LX.a