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
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
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
A lampstand of 20 talents of gold, to be offered on a pilgrimage in the church in Palestine; its light may have been seen raised up in the vision of Anonymus 17008
A large red stone cut to a cross shape without losing much of its natural colour; a gift fit for an emperor, made for Constantine, and having fallen into "Saracen" hands
He took rich bribes to leave Shayzar, including horses and garments, and two items once looted from the imperial tent at Mantzikert: a beautiful table and a finely-wrought cross with a large ruby