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Maria Komnena
- Preferred Name: Maria Komnena[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Alternate Name: Maria Komnene
- Gender: F
- FSID: LB2M-VD2
- Death: 1094 in Constantinople, Istanbul, Byzantine Empire, Turkey at LATI: N1.011 LONG: E8.9578 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 1045 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey at LATI: N1.0136 LONG: E8.955
- Oldest+daughter+of+the+megas+domestikos+John+Komnenos+and+Anna+Dalassene,+and+sister+of+the+future+e: with note: Wikiwand: Michael Taronites
- Notes:
=== #Générale# Naissance : vers 1147 ou plu ===
#Générale# Naissance : vers 1147 ou plutôt 1140 Décès : ou en Février 1217 in Hér aldique.1.Généalogie.
=== 1 _UID EA436B7E9103D611828100606E3BD45C ===
1 _UID EA436B7E9103D611828100606E3BD45CCD93
=== !#552-v2-T82; Dau of John Sebastekratere ===
!#552-v2-T82; Dau of John Sebastekraterenthes; !#12719-p62;
=== ?? Line 4341: (New PAF RIN=5661) 1 TITL ===
?? Line 4341: (New PAF RIN=5661) 1 TITL [PRINCESS OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE]
=== !Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John J ===
!Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John Julius Norwich; Gen Tables;
=== She may have been a child of Emperor Man ===
She may have been a child of Emperor Manuel Comnenus.
=== !BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Ancestral File; ===
!BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Ancestral File; ; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, CD-ROM dated 21 Aug 1992, Information submitted by...; St George Regional Family History Center/FamilySearch Home Field Trial, searched Jan 1995
=== !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral ===
!GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
=== Ancestral File Number: B256-RR ===
Ancestral File Number: B256-RR
=== !PRINCESS BY EMP= PRINCESS OF BYZANTINE ===
!PRINCESS BY EMP= PRINCESS OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE !rin b25l-5b
=== LDS ordinances found in IGI ===
LDS ordinances found in IGI
=== Ancestral File Number: B25L-5B ===
Ancestral File Number: B25L-5B
=== !children 1 Anna Taronitina b25j-r5 m Mi ===
!children 1 Anna Taronitina b25j-r5 m Michael Cerullare b25j-sb 2 Ioannis Taronites b25j-mg
=== #Générale# Naissance : vers 1147 ou plut ===
#Générale# Naissance : vers 1147 ou plutôt 1140 Décès : ou en Février 1217 in Hér aldique.1.Généalogie.
=== ! Europasche Stammtafeln Neue folge vol. ===
! Europasche Stammtafeln Neue folge vol. 2 tafel 174;
=== GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winc ===
GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch
Preferred Parents:
Father: Iōannēs Komnēnos, b. 5 JAN 1015 in Constantinople, Istanbul, Byzantine Empire, Turkey d. 12 JUL 1067 in Constantinople, Istanbul, Byzantine Empire, Turkey
Mother: Anna Dalassene, b. 1025 in Constantinople,Istanbul,Turkey d. 1 NOV 1100
Family 1: Michel Panhypersébaste Taronitè, b. 1043 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey d. AFT 1094
- m. 1062 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
- Gregorios Taronites, b. ABT 1067 in of,Constantinople,,Turkey d. 1176 in ,,,Turkey
Sources:
- Title: Wikiwand: Michael Taronites
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Michael_Taronites;
Note: Michael Taronites (Greek: Μιχαήλ Ταρωνίτης) was a Byzantine aristocrat and brother-in-law of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. He was involved in a conspiracy against him and was banished in 1094.
Biography
Michael belonged to the aristocratic family of the Taronitai, a clan of princely Armenian origin from Taron. His father, the patrikios Gregory Taronites, had been involved in a conspiracy against the megas domestikos Constantine, brother of Emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian (r. 1034–1041).
In c. 1061–1063 he married Maria Komnene, the oldest daughter of the megas domestikos John Komnenos and Anna Dalassene, and sister of the future emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118). In 1070, Michael accompanied his brother-in-law, Manuel Komnenos, on campaign against the Seljuk Turks, and was taken prisoner with him and Nikephoros Melissenos by a Turkish warband. However, Manuel soon persuaded the Turkish leader, Chrysoskoulos, to enter Byzantine service, and the three were set free. His career until the rise to the throne of Alexios I in 1081 is otherwise unknown.
As emperor, Alexios swiftly promoted Michael to the highest court dignities: Michael was named protosebastos and protovestiarios, before receiving the newly created title of panhypersebastos, which placed him on par with the Caesar Nikephoros Melissenos. Despite these high honours, he became involved in the conspiracy of Nikephoros Diogenes, the son and briefly co-emperor of Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071). The conspiracy was discovered in June 1094, and its leaders, Diogenes, Michael Taronites, and Katakalon Kekaumenos, were banished and their properties confiscated. The other conspirators were soon after blinded, but Taronites escaped this fate due to the intervention of his wife. His fate after that is unknown, as is that of Maria Komnene; she may have become a nun with the monastic name Anna. Both were certainly dead by 1136.
The couple had two sons, and possibly a daughter, who may have been named Anna, but is otherwise unknown. The sons were:
John Taronites (born c. 1067), who served as provincial governor and commander, he suppressed the revolt of his cousin Gregory Taronites.
Gregory Taronites (born c. 1075/80), protovestiarios and chief minister during the early reign of John II Komnenos.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maria Komene -
Author: Descents from Antiquity; The Augustian Society {1993}, Page number: T1
- Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Project, Cawley
Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Project by Cawley, Charles, online \\fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands\\, Byzantium 1057-1204 v2.0; Komnenos, Emperors 1057-1059, 1081-1185; Ioannes Komnenos (9 July 2012). Hereinafter cited as FMG, ML.
Page: Confirms, name, gender, birth, death, familial relationships, and marriage.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Maria Komene -
Author: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor {1978-1992}, Page number: ii-174
Note: Source Media Type: Book
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