Death in infancy of Alexios & Ioannes, sons of Ioannes' son Isaakios
Unit appears in:
IOANNES II (1118-1143)
1135
Summary:
Both sons of Isaakios, son of Ioannes II, died as babies. Ioannes wished they had never been born, and wanted to forget them, because their memory was too painful
Dates:
1135 (Uncertain)
Alexios, eldest son of Isaakios, son of Ioannes II (
Alexios 25001
)
He and his brother,
Ioannes 508
, both died as babies, to the intense grief of the family; a poem of
Theodoros 25001
, in the persona of
Ioannes 2
, wished basically that they had never been born, and prayed to forget them, for their memory was too painful (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXIII
Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos (
Ioannes 2
)
The death in infancy of
Alexios 25001
and
Ioannes 508
, the two sons of
Isaakios 103
, caused him so much grief that (in a poem of
Theodoros 25001
) he wished they had never been born (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXIII
Ioannes, second son of Isaakios, son of Ioannes II (
Ioannes 508
)
He and his brother,
Alexios 25001
, both died as babies, to the intense grief of the family; a poem of
Theodoros 25001
, in the persona of
Ioannes 2
, wished basically that they had never been born, and prayed to forget them, for their memory was too painful (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXIII
Isaakios Komnenos, son of Ioannes II (
Isaakios 103
)
Both his sons,
Alexios 25001
and
Ioannes 508
, died as babies, to the intense grief of the family; a poem of
Theodoros 25001
, in the persona of
Ioannes 2
, wished basically that they had never been born, and prayed to forget them, for their memory was too painful (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXIII