Manuel was forced by a false alarm from the West to leave his dead wife & dying second daughter
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1161-1180)
1161
Summary:
Dates:
1161
Anna, second daughter of Manuel I (
Anna 17001
)
Was ill when her mother
Eirene 66
died, and died herself a little later at the age of 4; was still battling disease when her father
Manuel 1
had to leave her and go to the West (:)
Kinnamos 202.11-15
Frederick III of Swabia, later Frederick I Barbarossa, western emperor (
Frederick 51
)
Rumours that he was making a major attack brought
Manuel 1
to Sardike; they proved false (:)
Kinnamos 202.15-203.2
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
Left his dead wife
Eirene 66
and dying daughter (
Anna 17001
) to go to Sardike, because of (false) rumours of a major attack by
Frederick 51
and news of the death of
Geza 52
; there he worked on the Hungarian situation (:)
Kinnamos 202.14-19
Rested at Longoi near Constantinople, seeing no threats from any direction; at this time
Eirene 66
died, leaving him
Maria 17002
and
Anna 17001
, who was soon to die at the age of 4; he left his daughter on her deathbed to march west (:)
Kinnamos 202.3-15
Maria, daughter of Manuel I (
Maria 17002
)
Eirene 66
her mother died, leaving her living with her father (:)
ἡ μὲν πρεσβυτέρα Kinnamos 202.10-11