Certainty: 2 Returning from Cilicia, Ioannes II sent a detachment to punish the people of Ikonion Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Return to Constantinople of Ioannes II's brother Isaakios & Isaakios' son Ioannes Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Celebrations after the return of Ioannes II from Syria & Cilicia Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Literary work celebrating Isaakios Porphyrogennetos after his return Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Nikephoros Basilakes wrote a speech to welcome Ioannes II on his return from Syria Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Operations, building & preparations in Western Anatolia Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Ioannes II made an expedition to Pontos, & wintered there Certainty: 3
Certainty: 1 Theodoros Prodromos began to write poems of pure begging Certainty: 1
1140
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II attacked Neokaisareia in appalling conditions Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II praised his son, Manuel (I), for bravery but thrashed him for rashness Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Defection to the Turks of the emperor's nephew Ioannes Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Retreat of the Byzantine forces from Neokaisareia Certainty: 3
1141
Certainty: 3 Ioannes II reached Constantinople on his return from Pontos Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Ioannes II left the capital for Lopadion Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Roger II asked Ioannes II for an imperial bride for his son - but Ioannes' death intervened Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Ioannes II returned to Constantinople after the summer Certainty: 3
Certainty: 1 Fragmentary text (by Basilakes?) mentions naval activity against Sicily Certainty: 1
Certainty: 1 Poems of Theodoros Prodromos to Theodoros Stypeiotes Certainty: 1
1142
Certainty: 3 Ioannes II left Constantinople for Attaleia Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II went to Sozopolis, then captured islands in Lake Pousgouse, suffering losses Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II planned a "portion" in the south for his son Manuel (I) Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Birth of Alexios, fifth child of the sebastokrator Andronikos Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Bertha von Sulzbach on arrival spoke prophetically about Alexios the co-emperor Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Death of Alexios & Andronikos, sons of Ioannes II, around Attaleia Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Death of Andronikos on the boat taking Alexios' body home: Isaakios took over Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II arrived unannounced at Tell Bashir Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II approached closer to Antioch, then withdrew to winter quarters Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Determination of Ioannes II to continue his campaign to Antioch & visit Jerusalem Certainty: 2
1143
Certainty: 3 Mortal injury of Ioannes II when hunting Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Deathbed speech of Ioannes II, bequeathing the throne to Manuel (I) Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Accession of Manuel I Komnenos Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Death of Ioannes II Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Ioannes II's body was loaded on shipboard at Mopsuestia & buried splendidly in the Pantokrator Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Dismay at the death of Ioannes II with the army so far from the capital Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Later epitaph for Ioannes II recording the succession of Manuel I Certainty: 2
1145
Certainty: 2 Raymond was forced to supplicate Ioannes II's tomb before Manuel forgave him
Manuel I's punitive expedition against Raymond of Poitiers achieved for Ioannes II what he had lost by death. Raymond was forced to came to Constantinople. There he was ignored at first, and only got Manuel's attention by going to Ioannes II's tomb in the Pantokrator, where he was forgiven and became Manuel's liege. This extortion of homage from Raymond would be given in the Second Crusade by Godfrey, bishop of Langres, as a reason for a possible French attack on Constantinople
1146
Certainty: 2 Violent quarrel among Komnenian family members at Metabole Certainty: 2