Roger II asked Ioannes II for an imperial bride for his son - but Ioannes' death intervened
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IOANNES II (1118-1143)
1141
Summary:
Roger II of Sicily sent an embassy to Ioannes II Constantinople, seeking a Byzantine imperial bride for one of his sons. However before anything was achieved, Ioannes died. The request was repeated later
Dates:
1141
son of Roger II of Sicily (
Anonymus 17029
)
As his father tried to find him a Byzantine imperial bride, embassies were sent to the emperor
Ioannes 2
and then
Manuel 1
, who sent
Basileios 17002
(Xeros) to negotiate. Basileios was bribed and the plan failed, to the fury of
Roger 17001
(:)
Kinnamos 91.16-92.10
Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos (
Ioannes 2
)
Received an embassy from
Roger 17001
of Sicily, when the pope had recognised him as king, asking for an imperial bride for RogerÂ’'s son (
Anonymus 17029
); nothing was achieved before his death (:)
Kinnamos 91.16-21
Roger II, king of Sicily (
Roger 17001
)
Sent an embassy to
Ioannes 2
seeking an imperial bride for his son (
Anonymus 17029
); at the death of Ioannes, as nothing had happened, he repeated the plea to his succesor
Manuel 1
(:)
Kinnamos 91.16-21