Narrative Unit

Summary:: Andronikos died, as one of a terrible series of blows to the widowed empress Eirene Doukaina, and was mourned in a poem of Theodoros Prodromos and a monody of Michael Italikos: his wife Eirene and a child had recently predeceased him. His greatest military feats had been against Kilij Arslan I in 1116 and the Pechenegs in 1122. His body was brought across from Asia by boat in an ominous storm, and mourned by Nikephoros Bryennios the kaisar and his two sons Alexios and Ioannes, and especially by his brother Ioannes II, for whom he was an important counsellor
Dates:: 1130 (Uncertain)

Alexios Komnenos Bryennios, son of Anna Komnene (Alexios 17005)

He joined his brother Ioannes 17007 and father Nikephoros 117 in consoling his grandmother Eirene 61 for the loss of her son, Andronikos 108 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.96

Andronikos Komnenos, son of Alexios I (Andronikos 108)

He died, a serious loss to Byzantine military strength, and was mourned by Eirene 61, as one of a terrible series of family blows that afflicted her (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II, esp. 30
He died [somewhere in Asia], in ominous bad weather; his body was brought back by sea in a terrible storm, as if the sea claimed it from the land; it was received and buried by his sisters, by Nikephoros 117 and Eirene 61, amid universal grief (:) Italikos 87.4-88.8

(Alexios) son of Andronikos the sebastokrator, son of Alexios I (Anonymus 25009)

He died, and his death was but one in a series of terrible blows suffered by Eirene 61 after the death of Alexios 1; cf. Nikephoros 178, Eudokia 111, Eirene 64, Andronikos 108 - and Isaakios 102, who was not dead but lost in Muslim Anatolia (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.13-29

Eirene Doukaina, wife of Alexios I (Eirene 61)

She saw her beloved daughter Maria 146 widowed, at the death of her fine son-in-law Nikephoros 178 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.18-19
She played a major role in the mourning for her son Andronikos 108, who had been one of the stars of her circle (:) Ἀστὴρ ... τοῖς ἀμφὶ μητέρα καὶ βασιλίδα Italikos 86.2-4, 87.30

Eirene, wife of Andronikos Komnenos (son of Alexios I) (Eirene 64)

She died, and her death was but one in a series of terrible blows suffered by Eirene 61 after the death of Alexios 1; cf. Nikephoros 178, Anonymus 25009, Eudokia 111, Andronikos 108 - and Isaakios 102, who was not dead but lost in Muslim Anatolia (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.13-29

Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos (Ioannes 2)

He mourned the death of Andronikos 108, his brother and counsellor, a serious military blow for Byzantium (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.46-48

Ioannes Doukas (son of historian Anna Komnene), cousin of Manuel I (Ioannes 17007)

He joined his brother Alexios 17005 and father Nikephoros 117 in consoling his grandmother Eirene 61 for the loss of her son, Andronikos 108 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.96

Maria, daughter of Alexios I Komnenos (Maria 146)

She was widowed when Nikephoros 178 died, one of a series of blows suffered by Eirene 61 after the death of Alexios 1 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.19

Nikephoros Bryennios, kaisar, husband of Anna Komnene (Nikephoros 117)

He mourned the death of Andronikos 108, a grievous military loss for Byzantium; he supported Eirene 61 in her loss, as did his two sons, Alexios 17005 and Ioannes 17007 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.41, 96
He played a major role in receiving the body of Andronikos 108 and the subsequent funeral (:) Italikos 87.30-31

Deaths in the family of Eirene Doukaina, especially that of her son Andronikos