Andronikos (I) escaped from prison in Constantinople & fled to Russia
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1161-1180)
1164
Summary:
Dates:
1164
Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos (
Andronikos 1
)
After escaping from the palace, he went home by ship, removed his shackles and again boarded a ship to get outside the walls; there horses waited to convey him to Russia (:)
Kinnamos 234.18-23
Was received honourably by
Jaroslav 17001
, when he had been imprisoned in the palace for nine years and escaped (:)
Kinnamos 232.9-11
At midnight he went to the seaward end of the yard and let himself down on a rope; when challenged by a guard (
Anonymus 17062
) he bribed him with a gold amulet, claiming he was a financial prisoner of the papias, and escaped by boat (:)
Kinnamos 233.21-234.18
Gave his wife (
Eirene 17003
) and son (
Ioannes 17013
) a wax impression of the key to his cell, received a key and let himself out; locked his door and hid from (
Anonymus 17061
) Kladon among tall weeds in the courtyard (:)
κηρῷ τὰς κλεῖδας μεταλαβών Kinnamos 233.2-11
Kladon, palace gaoler in 1164 (
Anonymus 17061
)
Tested
Andronikos 1
's cell after his escape and found nothing wrong, since Andronikos had locked the door on the outside (:)
Kinnamos 233.13-20
palace guard in 1164 (
Anonymus 17062
)
Challenged
Andronikos 1
as he escaped down the palace wall; because of his poverty and Andronikos' claim that he was only a financial prisoner of the papias, he allowed himself to be bribed by a gold amulet to let him go (:)
Kinnamos 234.6-17
Jaroslav Osmomysl, ruler of Galicia (
Jaroslav 17001
)
Had broken faith with the Byzantines in several respects, especially in the honourable reception given to
Andronikos 1
on his escape from prison in the palace (:)
Kinnamos 232.5-11