, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos

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Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
b: 955/960
d: 1020
Biography
Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (Greek: ?a????? ???t???? ??µ?????) was aByzantine military leader under Basil II, and the first fully documentedancestor of the Komnenos dynasty.

Manuel was a member of the Erotikos family, possibly by maternalancestry, his branch of the family appears to have changed their habitualsurname to Komnenos. Other branches retained the name Erotikos into the12th century.[2] It has been suggested that Manuel''s father was a seniorarmy officer named Isaac (Isaakios), who is recorded as being thestrategos (military governor) of Thrace and Macedonia during the conquestof Bulgaria by John I Tzimiskes.[3]

Manuel was named strategos autokrator of the East under Emperor BasilII[4] in order to defeat the rebel Bardas Skleros.[5] As a reward for hisdefence, in 978, of Nicaea against Skleros, Basil gave him lands aroundKastamone in Paphlagonia, where he built the castle Castra Komnenon.[6]

Manuel originated in Thrace and spoke Greek as his native language;[7]according to Steven Runciman he was either Greek or a HellenizedVlach.[6] It is also possible that the family name was derived from thecity of Komne, which is located near Philippopolis in Thrace.[4]

By a conjectured first marriage,[8] Manuel had the following son:
Nikephoros Komnenos, protospatharios, governor of Vaspurakan (after 1021)under Emperor Basil, blinded by Constantine VIII (after 1026).

By a (second) marriage after 1005, Manuel had the following children:
Emperor Isaac I Komnenos (1005/10 – 1061), who married Catherine ofBulgaria of the Royal House of Cometopuli.
a daughter (born 1012), who married Michael Doukeianos (died 1050)[9]
John Komnenos, (1015 – 12 July 1067), who married Anna Dalassene andfathered Alexios I Komnenos.
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  • 955/960 - Birth -
  • 1020 - Death -
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Family Group Sheet - Child
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CHILDREN
MManuel Erotikos Komnenos
Birth955/960
Death1020
MarriageAFT 1005to ?
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
Birth955/960
Death1020
MarriageAFT 1005to ?
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CHILDREN
MJohn Komnenos
Birth1015
Death12 JUL 1067
Marriageto Anna Dalassene
Descendancy Chart
Manuel Erotikos Komnenos b: 955/960 d: 1020
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John Komnenos b: 1015 d: 12 JUL 1067
Anna Dalassene b: 1025 d: 1102
Agnes of Antioch b: 1154 d: ABT 1184
Alexios I Komnenos b: 1056 d: 15 AUG 1118
Piroska of Hungary b: ABT 1080 d: 13 AUG 1134
Alexios III Angelos b: ABT 1153 d: 1211