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
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Before 1025
Authorship
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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.
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δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως.
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δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως.
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δομεστίκῳ τῶν σχολῶν τῆς Δύσεως.
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Domestikos of the West
δομεστίκου τῆς Δύσεως.
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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.
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κουροπαλάτῃ.
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κουροπαλάτῃ.
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κουροπαλάτῃ.
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κουροπαλάτῃ.
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κουροπαλάτη.
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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.
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Education
(1)
The emperor (
Basileios 2
?), to whom he had been entrusted by his dying father (
Manuel 119
), provided teachers (
Anonymi 5020
) to form his character and instruct him in matters of war and military tactics
τοῖς μὲν ῥυθμίζειν τὸ ἦθος τῶν νέων ἐπέταττε, τοῖς δὲ τὰ πολεμικὰ ἐκδιδάσκειν. Bryennios 75.15-22
Ethnic label
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Second Name
(7)
Komnenos
Κομνηνοῦ. Iveron 2.97.20, 2.102.8
Κομνηνοῦ. Anna Komnene 55.6
Κομνηνῷ.
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Κομνηνῷ.
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Κομνηνῷ.
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Κομνηνῷ.
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Κομνηνῷ.
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Kinship
(27)
brother of
Anonyma 5004
(ἀδελφῆς). Bryennios 195.11
brother of
Isaakios 1
τῷ αὐταδέλφῳ. Skylitzes 492.52
αὐταδέλφου. Boilas 39
τὸν ἀδελφόν. Skylitzes Continuatus 103.17
τὸν ὁμαίμονα. Skylitzes Continuatus 108.18
τὸν ὁμαίμονα. Attaleiates: History 69.8 / 52.25
τὸν ἀδελφόν. Bryennios 79.9
ἀδελφός. Psellos: Chronographia VII 71.4-5; 79.7-5; 89.6-7; etc.
ἀδελφὸν. Zonaras 18.4.6
ἀδελφοῦ. Anna Komnene 324.65
father of
Adrianos 102
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20-79.1
father of
Alexios 1
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20-79.1
πατρός. Christos Philanthropos, note 29
father of
Eudokia 108
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20-79.2
father of
Isaakios 61
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20-79.1
father of
Manuel 61
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20
father of
Maria 105
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20-79.1
father of
Nikephoros 116
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20-79.1
father of
Theodora 106
πατήρ. Bryennios 77.20-79.2
father-in-law of
Eirene 61
πενθεροῦ. Kecharitomene 1856
grandfather of
Ioannes 2
πάππου. Pantokrator Typikon 217
grandfather (paternal) of
Anna 62
πάππου. Anna Komnene 55.7
τοῦ πρὸς πατρὸς ἐμοῦ πάππου. Anna Komnene 324.65-66
husband of
Anna 61
γήμας. Bryennios 77.18
son of
Manuel 119
(πατήρ). Anna Komnene 324.65
son of
Maria 169
(μητρός). Bryennios 75.11
son (youngest) of
Manuel 119
παῖδες δύο...ὁ δὲ νεώτερος Ἰωάννης. Bryennios 75.7-8
Language Skill
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Location
(7)
Constantinople: Stoudios
was staying after his father's death at the monastery of Stoudios ἡ μονὴ τοῦ Στουδίου. Bryennios 77.1
Pemolissa (Asia Minor)
was sent by his brother
Isaakios 1
to the fort of Pemolissa (Asia Minor) τὴν Πημόλισσαν. Skylitzes 492.53
West
was domestikos of the scholai of the West Δύσεως.
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was domestikos of the scholai of the West Δύσεως.
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was domestikos of the scholai of the West Δύσεως.
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was domestikos of the scholai of the West Δύσεως.
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was domestikos of the West Δύσεως.
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Occupation/Vocation
(2)
Monk
μοναχοῦ. Christos Philanthropos, note 29
Possession
(null)
Religion
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Eunuchs
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Alternative Name
(1)
Ioannes
Ἰωάννης: did not change his name when tonsured as a monk before his death:. Christos Philanthropos, note 29