Ioannes Komnenos, son of Isaakios, brother of Ioannes II E / M XII
Ἰωάννην (Varzos 84-I.480) (Ioannes 25002)
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- Showed irrational and self-willed conceit and ungovernable temper ... being high-spirited and more haughty than he should be
- τῦφος ἄλογος αὐτοθελὴς καὶ θυμὸς πατάπασιν ἀκυβέρνητος ... φρονηματίας ὢν καὶ γαῦρος πλέον τοῦ δέοντος ... . Niketas Choniates, Historia 35.40-36.46
- He had been the companion and fellow-wanderer of his father in his travels
- Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XL.53-54
- A wild olive branch from a fine olive root, the only thornbush in a garden full of trees, the only madman in the most sensible of families
- Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XIX.162-165
- He was the firstborn of Isaakios 102, a mighty warrior, of excellent stature and very good-looking
- ὅπλιτοπάλας καὶ πολεμοκλόνος, φυήν τ᾽ ἀρίστην καὶ εἶδος προφαίνων ἀξιοθέατον. Niketas Choniates, Historia 32.35-37