Ioannes Komnenos, father of Alexios I E / L XI
Κομνηνοῦ (Varzos 6-I.49, DO I.1.18, Kouroupou-Vannier 29) (Ioannes 63)
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Narrative (22) Before 1025Being still very young and his mother being long dead (Maria 169 ), he was entrusted by his dying father Manuel 119 to the emperor (Basileios 2 ?) who provided for his education, staying at the monastery of Stoudios ἐστέρηντο γὰρ καὶ μητρός Bryennios 75.9-77.4 1044 Certainty: 0 Marriage of Anna Dalassene to Ioannes Komnenos Certainty: 0 1045 Certainty: 0 Isaakios (I) & Ioannes Komnenos as adults held high civil & military posts Certainty: 0 1050 Certainty: 0 Ioannes Komnenos, when on a raid, captured the father of Tatikios Certainty: 0 1057 Certainty: 2 Isaakios (I) sent his family for safety to the fort of Pemolissa Certainty: 2 Certainty: 2 Michael VI's envoys splendidly received Certainty: 2 Certainty: 2 Promotions to mark beginning of Isaakios I's reign Certainty: 2 Certainty: 1 Ioannes, brother of Isaakios I, confirmed for Iveron the properties claimed by the bishop of Ezoba Certainty: 1 1059 Certainty: 2 Isaakios I fell ill while hunting & asked his brother Ioannes to succeed him Certainty: 2 Certainty: 2 Isaakios Komnenos after hesitations appointed Konstantinos (X) Doukas as successor Certainty: 2 1060 Certainty: 3 Death of Isaakios I Komnenos as a submissive & chaste Studite monk Certainty: 3 1065 Certainty: 1 Manuel & Isaakios Komnenos began military service while their father Ioannes was still alive Certainty: 1 1067 Certainty: 3 Death of Ioannes Komnenos (father of Alexios I) His commemoration shows that he died on July 12, 1067 Death (5) Eirene 61 provided in her typikon for an annual commemoration of him, on July 12, the anniversary of his death; there should be special lighting and food, and distribution at the gate of 5 modioi of bread and 6 trachea nomismata in coins Kecharitomene 1855-1856 Died as the monk Ioannes on July 12 [1067] Christos Philanthropos, note 29 Died shortly after Konstantinos 10 's death, leaving behind his eight children, five boys (Manuel 61 , Isaakios 61 , Alexios 1 , Adrianos 102 , Nikephoros 116 ) and three girls (Maria 105 , Eudokia 108 , Theodora 106 ) Βραχὺν δέ τινα χρόνον μετὰ τὸν τοῦ Δούκα θάνατον καὶ ὁ κουροπαλάτης ἐπιβιοὺς ἐτελεύτησε παῖδας ὀκτὼ καταλιπών. Bryennios 85.14-16 He is recorded among the deceased in the obituary of the Typikon of the Pantokrator monastery (October, 1136) Pantokrator Typikon 217 His three daughters (Maria 105 , Eudokia 108 , Theodora 106 ) were still alive at the time of his death αἳ καὶ μέχρι τέλους αὐτοῦ διεσώθησαν· ἐπὶ τούτοις γὰρ τὸν βίον κατέλυσεν. Bryennios 79.2-3 Description (8) He had a very fine character as Michael 61 knew ὁ δὲ κάλλιστος ὢν τὸ ἦθος ὧν ἐγὼ οἶδα. Psellos: Chronographia VII 71.7-8 He was one of the deceased members of Ioannes 2 's family prescribed weekly commemoration on Saturdays in the obituary of the Pantokrator monastery Pantokrator Typikon 217 Chief of the imperial bodyguard τῶν σωματοφυλάκων τὰ πρῶτα. Psellos: Chronographia VII 22.15-16 Being in concord with his brother (Isaakios 1 ), he showed him due respect in all matters and was thus honoured accordingly τοῦ νεωτέρου τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ ἐν ἅπασι καθυπείκοντος κἀκείνου τῷ νέῳ τὴν προσήκουσαν τιμὴν ἀπονέμοντος. Bryennios 79.5-7 The man who watched over the door of the tent (of Isaakios 1 ) τὸν ἐφεστηκότα τῇ πυλῇ τῆς σκηνῆς. Psellos: Chronographia VII 22.14 Quick-witted and energetic as well as noble, a good speaker, better at keeping silent and better again at reflecting ... who had inherited nobility and steadiness from a long line of ancestors ἀνὴρ σὺν τῷ γενναίῳ ἀγχίστροφος καὶ δραστήριος, εἰπεῖν τε κρείττων καὶ σιωπῆσαι ἀμείνων καὶ ἐνθυμηθῆναι βελτίων ... ὃς δὴ πόρρωθεν καὶ ἐκ προγόνων τὸ γενναῖον καὶ σταθηρὸν ἐκεκλήρωτο. Psellos: Chronographia VII 22.15-19 Still very young when his father Manuel 119 fell ill and was approaching the end of his life Κομιδῇ δὲ τούτοιν νέοιν ὄντοιν ἀμφοῖν. Bryennios 75.9-11 He was most noble, reasonable and moderate, attracting everybody's favour, quick and eager to help, but reluctant and slow to punish, the evidence of his virtue being abundant, not least in his decline of the imperial throne πρὸς μὲν τὸ εὐεργετεῖν ὀξύτατος ὢν καὶ συντονώτατος, πρὸς δὲ τὸ κολάζειν ἀμβλὺς καὶ δυσκίνητος. Bryennios 79.17-23 Dignity/Office (27) Domestikos μέγαν δομέστικον. Skylitzes Continuatus 103.18 Domestikos of the scholai Boilas 39 μέγαν δομέστικον. Zonaras 18.4.6 Domestikos of the scholai of the West δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως. Seal 2998 δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως. Seal 52 δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως. Seal 223 δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως. Seal 224 Domestikos of the West δομεστίκου τῆς Δύσεως. Seal 4930 Doux δούξ. Psellos: Chronographia VII 22.18 Doux of all the West μεγάλου δουκὸς πάσης Δύσεως. Iveron 2.103.36 Hetaireia, member of ταῖς βασιλικαῖς ἑταιρείαις συγκατελεγέτην. Bryennios 77.5-6 Kouropalates κουροπαλάτου. Iveron 2.97.20, 2.102.7-8, 2.103.36 κοροπαλάτου. Boilas 39 κουροπαλάτας. Skylitzes Continuatus 103.18 κουροπαλάτην. Bryennios 79.8-9 κουροπαλάτην. Zonaras 18.4.6 κουροπαλάτῃ. Seal 1791 κουροπαλάτῃ. Seal 2998 κουροπαλάτῃ. Seal 52 κουροπαλάτῃ. Seal 224 κουροπαλάτῃ. Seal 223 κουροπαλάτη. Seal 4930 κουροπαλάτου. Pantokrator Typikon 217 Megas domestikos μέγαν δομέστικον. Skylitzes Continuatus 103.18 ἄρχοντα τῶν τῆς δύσεως στρατευμάτων ἀποδέδειχεν, ὃν πάλαι δομέστικον τῶν Σχολῶν ἐκάλουν, νυνὶ δὲ μέγαν καλοῦσι δομέστικον. Bryennios 79.9-11 Megas doux of all the West μεγάλου δουκὸς πάσης Δύσεως. Iveron 2.103.36 Nobelissimos νωβελλισσίμῳ. Seal 2566 Education (1) Second Name (7) Komnenos Κομνηνοῦ. Iveron 2.97.20, 2.102.8 Κομνηνοῦ. Anna Komnene 55.6 Κομνηνῷ. Seal 2998 Κομνηνῷ. Seal 1791 Κομνηνῷ. Seal 224 Κομνηνῷ. Seal 223 Κομνηνῷ. Seal 52 Kinship (27) Location (7) Occupation/Vocation (2) Alternative Name (1)