Manuel Komnenos, eldest brother of Alexios I M / L XI
Μανουήλ (Varzos 10-I.61, Kouroupou-Vannier 22) (Manuel 61)
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- Although a young man, he did not seem to act in a wrong, uncertain, or childish manner
- πεπλανημένον οὐδὲν οὐδ ᾿ ἀπαγὲς καὶ μειρακιῶδες ἐνεργῶν κατεφαίνετο. Attaleiates: History 139.3-5 / 104.13-15
- Appointed leader of the army, his actions did not betray his young age
- ἀρχηγὸν τοῦ στρατεύματος. Skylitzes Continuatus 139.10-14
- Was a friend of the emperor (Romanos 4)
- ᾠκείωτο τῷ βασιλεῖ. Bryennios 89.2
- Given a good upbringing by his mother Anna 61 Dalassene, he was made worthy of his family
- ἡ μήτηρ ἅπαντας καλῶς ἀναθρεψαμένη ἀξίους τοῦ γένους ἀπέδειξεν. Bryennios 85.17
- Was young, but ruled like older men, and when he encountered a barbarian army, he engaged them and won
- ὁ δὲ νέος μὲν ἐτύγχανεν ὤν, ἦρχε δὲ κατὰ γέροντας, καὶ βαρβάρων ἐντυχὼν στρατιᾷ προσμίγνυσι και νικᾷ. Zonaras 18.12.13
- Both a soldier and a general
- στρατιώτην τε ἅμα καὶ στρατηγόν. Bryennios 105.4
- 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 229