Alexios Komnenos, co-emperor, son of Ioannes II M XII
τὸν κῦριν Ἀλέξιον (Varzos 74-I.339) (Alexios 103)
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- Death foreshadowed when Eirene 66, arriving in Constantinople, saw his wife as a nun
- ἡ μονήρης αὐτή. Kinnamos 36.9-12
- Died before Ioannes 2's expedition had reached Cilicia: his body was returned to Constantinople by Isaakios 103
- δυεῖν μὲν ἀφῄρητο παίδων οἳ χρόνῳ προῆκον. Kinnamos 24.4-5
- Died while in Attaleia and was buried at Pantokrator
- ἀπεβάλλετο. Kleinchroniken 58.2
- He died of a rapid disease, which caused a severe fever particularly attacking the head
- τῶν δ᾽ ὀξέων ἦν καὶ μὴ χρονίων τὸ νόσημα .... Niketas Choniates, Historia 38.15-16
- He died, as predicted long before in a dream seen by his father
- Niketas Choniates, Historia 17.34-38
- His death threw the whole army into mourning, especially members of the imperial entourage like Anonymus 25033, who was too upset to do his work
- Italikos 182.10-183.5
- Had long (before 1142) been designated by his father Ioannes 2 as his heir to the Byzantine throne
- τὰ ῾Ρωμαίων ἐκ πολλοῦ μνηστευσάμενος σκῆπτρα. Kinnamos 23.4-5, cf. 28.7-8
- Komnenos
- Κομνηνῷ. Seal 3040
- Κομνηνῷ. Seal 2967
- Κομνηνοῦ. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte I, tit