He died in Asia, in ominous bad weather; his body was brought back by sea in a terrible storm, as if the sea claimed it from the land; it was received and buried by the whole Komnenian family
Italikos 87.4-88.8
He died, a loss to Byzantine military strength, and was mourned by Eirene 61 as one of a terrible series of family blows; a poem of consolation was written for her over the event by Theodoros 25001