Ioannes Komnenos, father of Alexios I E / L XI
Κομνηνοῦ (Varzos 6-I.49, DO I.1.18, Kouroupou-Vannier 29) (Ioannes 63) Permalink: http://db.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw2011/entity/person/107266
Narrative (22) Death (5) 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 (12 sources)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) brother of Anonyma 5004 (ἀδελφῆς). Bryennios 195.11 brother of Isaakios 1 (9 sources)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 Location (7) Occupation/Vocation (2) Alternative Name (1)