As The Komnenoi World Turns S2 E2

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LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAAAAIN

ITS JUST A JUMP TO THE LEFT

The year is 1185, the place: Constantinople. So our sordid tale contines with Andronikos I Komnenos as master of the Byzantine Empire, dawdling his child-bride on his knee, and in his off hours making steady progress on thinning out the hordes of younger Komnenoi.

Comments

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I'm interested in the evidence re: Isaakios's first wife! Please send me details!

William II of Sicily: yes, descended both from El Cid and from Alfonso VI, via Zaida.

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Alexios IV, who was Isaakios II's son, names his uncle Konstantinos Tornikes in a document dated December 1203. See George et Dèmetrios Tornikès. Lettres et discours by Darrouzès, 1970.

You *might* argue that Konstantinos married an Angelina aunt of Alexios IV, and was therefore an uncle-in-law, except that there's evidence that KTor only had one wife, a Komnene (Varzos in Genealogy of the Komnenian Dynasty claims she was an illegitimate daughter of Manuel I). The likeliest explanation is that he was Alexios IV's maternal uncle

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I love the mosaic, too. I just picked up an illustrated guide to Monreale in a charity shop today, and am trying not to drool over the illustrations!