Death of Andronikos on the boat taking Alexios' body home: Isaakios took over

Summary:
After the death of the co-emperor Alexios, Ioannes II sent his brother Andronikos to conduct his body by ship back to the capital. But after they had sailed, he too died, as if unwilling to be separated from his dead brother - and so a corpse was conducting a corpse. It seems that Isaakios too was on the ship [he was later in Constantinople, not with the army - perhaps an indication that Andronikos was at least unwell before the voyage began]. He delivered the two bodies in the capital 
Dates:
1142 
Andronikos Komnenos, son of Ioannes II (Andronikos 109)
  • He was sent by Ioannes 2 to convey the body of the dead Alexios 103 back to the capital; after they had set sail he too died, unwilling to be separated from his brother, and so a corpse was conducting a corpse (:) κομίζεται νεκρὸς ... νεκρὸν κομίζων Italikos 130.1-134.10
Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos (Ioannes 2)
  • The monody lamented the fate of the emperor, deprived of Alexios 103 and Andronikos 109, half his army of sons, yet determined to forget his private grief and continue his expedition in Syria (:) Italikos 131.21-132.19
Isaakios Komnenos, son of Ioannes II (Isaakios 103)
  • After the deaths of his two elder brothers, and since he too was unwell, he returned to Constantinople to escort their bodies (:) ἅτερος δὲ τοῖν ἀπολελειμένοιν Kinnamos 24.5-7