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Birth:          ABT 1113 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Komnenos_(son_of_John_II)
Isaac Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: ?sa????? ??µ?????, Isaakios Komnenos; c.?
1113 – after 1154), was the third son of Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos by 
Piroska of Hungary.
Life[edit]

Shortly before his death in 1143, John II Komnenos designated his fourth son Manuel 
as his heir, although the third son, Isaac, was still alive. At the time Isaac was 
conducting the body of his eldest brother, the co-emperor Alexios Komnenos, back to 
Constantinople.

Manuel had the powerful backing of the megas domestikos (commander-in-chief of the 
army) John Axuch who took control of the capital before Isaac learned of his father's 
death and could make any bid for the throne. Axuch was faithful to the wishes of John 
II, although he is recorded as having tried hard to persuade the dying emperor that 
Isaac was the better candidate to succeed. Although some of the clergy, the people 
and the military, thought that Isaac was better fit to rule, he had to resign himself to 
his younger brother's accession.[1]

In 1145–1146 he campaigned with him against the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia. Although 
the relationship between the brothers remained uneasy, there was never an open 
conflict, and Isaac enjoyed the court dignity of sebastokrator. The marriages of 
Isaac's daughters served as useful tools of Manuel's foreign policy.

Family[edit]

By his first wife, Theodora Kamaterina (d. 1144), Isaac had five children:
Alexios Komnenos (d. c. 1136).
Ioannes Komnenos (d. c. 1136/7).
Eirene Komnene, who married an unnamed Doukas Kamateros and became the mother 
of Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus.
Anna Komnene, who married before 1166 Constantine Makrodoukas (d. 1185).
Maria Komnene, who married in 1156 King Stephen IV of Hungary.

By his second wife, Eirene Diplosynadene, whom he married in 1146, Isaac had two 
daughters:
Theodora Komnene (b. 1145/6), who was the lover of Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos 
and married in 1158 King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.
Eudokia Komnene, who married William VIII of Montpellier

Parents
____ Ioannis I (John II) (13 Sep 1087 - 8 Apr 1143)
____ Pyriska (Irene) (Eirene) (ABT 1080 - 13 Aug 1134)

Siblings
KOMNENOS Isaac (ABT 1113 - )

Marriage To DIPLOSYNADENE Eirene ()
    m. 1146 

Notes


Children by DIPLOSYNADENE Eirene 
KOMNENE Theodora Kalusine (ABT 1146 - )
KOMNENA Eudoxia (Euxodia) (1162 - ABT 1203)

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