Emperor Ioannes II Komnenos L XI / M XII
Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός ملك الروم (Varzos 34-I.203) (Ioannes 2)
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Narrative (308) Authorship (1) Death (6) At death he had reigned 24 years and 8 months, having lived a generous and virtuous Christian life, refraining from inflicting any kind of physical wounds as punishment; he surpassed or at least equalled all imperial predecessors Niketas Choniates, Historia 46.57-47.85 Died leaving his son Manuel 1 to succeed him Date: on Thursday April 8 ἀπριλλίου μηνὸς η´, ἡμέρα ε´ Kleinchroniken 58.2, 172.3 Dying from his hunting injury, he grieved that he had not made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He collected the court, compared Isaakios 103 and Manuel 1 at length as future emperors, preferring Manuel, and died a few days later Date: April 8 ὀγδόην ἄγοντος μηνὸς ὃν ῞Ελληνες Ξανθικόν, ᾿Απρίλλιον δὲ ῾Ρωμαῖοι καλοῦσιν Kinnamos 25.14-29.3 He died in a tragic hunting accident, having already been deprived of two possible heirs to his throne (Alexios 103 and Andronikos 109 ); his choice among the remainder fell on Manuel 1 , whom he praised from his deathbed Italikos 290.1-291.2 He was himself one of the group of living members of the imperial family mentioned in the obituary of the Pantokrator monastery, to be given commemoration after their death (October, 1136) Pantokrator Typikon 256 The epitaphs written immediately on his death by Theodoros Prodromos speak of a life spent in luxury but constant, successful warfare, with a large family and great religious devotion, all now reduced to a single tomb ἡ λαμπρότης δὲ τῆς καλῆς ἁλουργίδος ὤνησεν οὐδὲν εἰς τὸ μὴ τεθνηκέναι. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXV-XXVIII Description (17) Dignity/Office (26) Second Name (7) Kinship (95) brother of Andronikos 108 (θάτερος (ἀδελφὸς)). Zonaras 18.24.25 ἀδελφεός. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte II.47 ἀδελφοῦ. Pantokrator Typikon 223 brother of Anna 62 ἀδελφῷ. Anna Komnene 7.54 (ἀδελφῇ). Niketas Choniates, Historia 6.32 brother of Eudokia 111 (αύταδέλφης). Pantokrator Typikon 224 brother of Isaakios 102 (τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὁ νεώτερος). Zonaras 18.24.25 ἀδελφοῦ. Seal 5412 ἀδελφοῦ. Kinnamos 32.11-12 ἀδελφόν. Italikos 265.13-14 ἀδελφόν. Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 46.18 brother-in-law of Nikephoros 117 γαμβροῦ. Pantokrator Typikon 225 brother-in-law of Nikephoros 178 γαμβροῦ. Pantokrator Typikon 226 father of Alexios 103 (6 sources)father of Andronikos 109 (τὸν δεύτερον). Kleinchroniken 58.2 πατήρ. Niketas Choniates, Historia 16.29 (υἱῶν). Pantokrator Typikon 256-259 ὁ φυτεύσας. Manasses, Chronicle: Dedication 8 father of Anna 25001 (θυγατέρων). Pantokrator Typikon 262-263 father of Anonymae 25001 (τὰς ἐξ ὀσφύος). Niketas Choniates, Historia 37.80-82 father of Anonymi 4006 (filiis). William of Tyre bk. 15, 3.1 father of Eudokia 20108 (θυγατέρων). Pantokrator Typikon 262-263 father of Isaakios 103 ὦ πάτερ. Kinnamos 17.21-22 πατήρ. Niketas Choniates, Historia 16.30 (υἱοῦ). Pantokrator Typikon 238-240 (υἱῶν). Pantokrator Typikon 256-260 father of Manuel 1 (7 sources)father of Maria 168 (θυγατέρων). Kinnamos 36.20-21 (ἕτερον θῆλυ). Anna Komnene 370.44 (θυγατέρων). Pantokrator Typikon 262 father of Theodora 25002 (θυγατέρων). Pantokrator Typikon 262-263 father-in-law of Eudokia 112 (νύμφης). Pantokrator Typikon 221-222 grandfather of Alexios 3 πάππου. Patmos: Acts 1.105.6 grandfather of Alexios 25001 (ἐκγόνου). Pantokrator Typikon 238-240 grandfather of Alexios 25003 πάππους. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLIV.10 grandfather of Anonyma 25005 (τέκνων ... τέκνοις). Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XIV.21 grandson of Anna 61 (μάμμης). Pantokrator Typikon 210 grandson of Ioannes 63 (πάππου). Pantokrator Typikon 217 grandson of Maria 62 (μάμμης). Pantokrator Typikon 218 husband of Eirene 62 (7 sources)kin of Anna 25002 ξυγγενοῦς ... κόρης. Kinnamos 117.21 kin of Anonymi 6076 (τὸ συγγενές). Zonaras 18.24.20 kin of Eirene 25002 συγγενῶν. Niketas Choniates, Historia 9.21-22 nephew of Adrianos 102 (θείου). Pantokrator Typikon 227 nephew of Anna 63 (θείας). Pantokrator Typikon 236 nephew of Eudokia 108 (θειῶν). Pantokrator Typikon 231 nephew of Ioannes 65 (θείου). Pantokrator Typikon 234 nephew of Isaakios 61 (θείου). Pantokrator Typikon 220 nephew of Manuel 61 (θείου). Pantokrator Typikon 229 nephew of Maria 105 (θειῶν). Pantokrator Typikon 231-232 nephew of Michael 121 (θείου). Pantokrator Typikon 233 nephew of Theodora 106 (θειῶν). Pantokrator Typikon 231-232 nephew of Theodora 5001 (θείας). Pantokrator Typikon 236 nephew of Zoe 101 (θείας). Pantokrator Typikon 228 son of Alexios 1 (11 sources) son of Eirene 61 (6 sources)uncle of Alexios 25002 θεῖοι. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XLIII.a.5 uncle of Ioannes 17007 μητραδέλφῳ. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXIX.69 uncle of Ioannes 25002 θείῳ. Niketas Choniates, Historia 36.50 (ἀδελφιδοῦν). Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 46.17 θείου. Niketas Choniates, Historia 53.49 uncle of Anna 154 ἐπ᾽ ἀνεψιᾷ. Pantokrator Typikon 270-271 uncle (by marriage) of Ioannes 450 (ἐπ᾽ ἐνεψιᾷ γαμβρός). Pantokrator Typikon 270-271 Location (181) Possession (3) Alternative Name (1) Uncertain Ident (1)