Isaakios Komnenos, son of Ioannes II M XII
τὸν κῦριν Ἰσαάκιον Ysacio (Varzos 78-I.391) (Isaakios 103)
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- Of the three sebastokrators, he had religious standing, in the flower of his youth
- ὁ θεῖος ... τὸ τῶν ἡλίκων ἄνθος. Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XIII.38
- He had regarded himself from birth as in line for inheritance of the throne
- ἀπὸ γενέσεως εἰς τὴν διαδοχὴν τῆς βασιλείας καλούμενος. Niketas Choniates, Historia 48.15
- Because of his irascibility he would often inflict outrageous punishments for trivial reasons; he was at the same time so timid as to be unmanly
- διὰ τὸ εἰς χόλον εὐέμπτωτον καὶ τὸ ἐκ μικρᾶς πολλάκις αἰτίας ἐς κολάσεις ὑπερόγκους διαρριπίζεσθαι δυσξύμβλητος τοῖς πολλοῖς. ἔτρεφε δὲ καὶ τὸ ψοφοδεὲς ἀγεννές, καὶ ταῦτα τηλίκος ὤν, καὶ ἀνδράσιν ἀνόμοιον. Niketas Choniates, Historia 52.11-14
- Naturally quarrelsome and ruled in most issues by passion
- φύσει μὲν καὶ ἄλλως δύσερις ὢν καὶ θυμῷ τὰ πλεῖστα διοικούμενος. Kinnamos 29.10-11