Manouēl Erōtikos Komnēnos

• Preferred Name: Manouēl Erōtikos Komnēnos^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Alternate Name: Κομνηνός
  
• Alternate Name: Komnenos
  
• Alternate Name: Manolis Komnenos
  
• Alternate Name: Manuel ( Exoticus) Komnenos Prefect
  
• Alternate Name: **Manolis Michael Manuel "Etrikos" Comnenus
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: L5VF-XKM
  
• His+parents'+identity+is+obscure:+as+Manuel's+own+firstborn+son+was+named+Isaac+(Isaakios),+the+Gree: with note: Description: According to Varzos, Manuel inherited his surname of "Komnenos" from his father, while his equally obscure mother was an unnamed lady of the Erotikos family, possibly related to the 11th-century rebel Theophilos Erotikos. The French scholar Jean-Claude Cheynet, on the other hand, proposed that Manuel was a member of the Erotikos family, and that he was the first to have changed the surname to Komnenos. Modern scholarship commonly accepts Michael Psellos' comment that the family originated from the village of Komne in Thrace. Varzos also considers Manuel a brother of the protospatharios Nikephoros Komnenos, who was named governor of the Armenian region of Vaspurakan soon after its annexation in 1021, but although possible, such a relationship cannot be proven. Wikiwand: Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prefect
  
• Occupation: General under Emperor Basil II
  
• MilitaryService: Supreme Commander (Commander-in-Chief) of Byzantine Military Forces. in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.0136 LONG: E8.955
  
• Life Sketch: with note: Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos
  
• Death: 1025 in Istanbul, Turkey at LATI: N1.0136 LONG: E8.955 with note: in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Erotikos
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: préfet, d'Orient
  
• Birth: 955 in Istanbul, Turkey at LATI: N1.0136 LONG: E8.955
  
• Manuel+owned+lands+in+the+region+of+modern+Kastamonu+in+Paphlagonia,+inherited+after+his+death+by+hi: with note: Wikiwand: Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: protospathaire
  
• Burial: in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire at LATI: N1.15 LONG: E8.75 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Occupation: Curopalate with note: Die meisten personenstandlichen Angaben und Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse stimmen überein. Einige Einzelheiten enthalten geringfügige Unstimmigkeiten. ID-Nummern: GM1G-L61 und L5VF-XKM.
  
• He+was+sent+as+an+envoy+to+Skleros,+who+had+once+more+risen+in+revolt+against+Basil+II,+to+persuade+: 989 with note: Wikiwand: Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
  
• MilitaryService: He led the defence of Nicaea against the rebel general Bardas Skleros, who had risen up against Emperor Basil II.978 with note: Wikiwand: Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
  
• Occupation: General under Basil I (Emperor of Byzantine Empire)
  
• Christening: in Istanbul, Turkey at LATI: N1.0136 LONG: E8.955
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Ἐρωτικός Κομνηνός, Manouēl Erōtikos Komnēnos; 955/960 – c. 1020) was a Byzantine military leader under Basil II, and the first fully documented ancestor of the Komnenos dynasty. His origin and parentage is obscure. He is only mentioned in the sources as leading the defence of Nicaea in 978 against the rebel Bardas Skleros, and as an imperial envoy to him 11 years later. He had three children, late in life. The eldest, Isaac, became emperor in 1057–1059, and the youngest, John, was the progenitor of the Komnenian dynasty as the father of Alexios I Komnenos.
  
  Biography
  
  Nothing is known of Manuel's early life. From the fact that he was militarily active in 978, and given that he was able to have children as late as c. 1015, a date of birth of c. 955/960 has been suggested and generally accepted by modern scholars. His parents' identity is obscure: as Manuel's own firstborn son was named Isaac (Isaakios), the Greek scholar Konstantinos Varzos considered it likely that his father had the same name, since according to Greek custom the eldest male child is named after its paternal grandfather. Nothing is known otherwise about his life and career. According to Varzos, Manuel inherited his surname of "Komnenos" from his father, while his equally obscure mother was an unnamed lady of the Erotikos family, possibly related to the 11th-century rebel Theophilos Erotikos. The French scholar Jean-Claude Cheynet, on the other hand, proposed that Manuel was a member of the Erotikos family, and that he was the first to have changed the surname to Komnenos. Modern scholarship commonly accepts Michael Psellos' comment that the family originated from the village of Komne in Thrace. Varzos also considers Manuel a brother of the protospatharios Nikephoros Komnenos, who was named governor of the Armenian region of Vaspurakan soon after its annexation in 1021, but although possible, such a relationship cannot be proven.
  
  Manuel is mentioned for the first time in 978, when he led the defence of Nicaea against the rebel general Bardas Skleros, who had risen up against Emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025). Although his great-granddaughter, the princess Anna Komnene, claims in her Alexiad that he had been named strategos autokrator (commander-in-chief) of the East and sent with full powers to deal with the revolt, it is far more likely that he was merely a local commander. Manuel maintained the city's defence with some success, even though the besiegers managed to undermine and collapse one of its towers, until the lack of food became acute. At that point Manuel was able to fool Skleros, by pretending that he had mountains of wheat and was considering joining him, into allowing him and the inhabitants to depart freely for Constantinople. Manuel re-appears in 989, when he was sent as an envoy to Skleros, who had once more risen in revolt against Basil II, to persuade him to surrender. Manuel was successful in his task, and the elderly rebel ended his revolt and gave himself up on 11 October. The titles by which he is recorded were patrikios, anthypatos, and vestes.
  
  Manuel owned lands in the region of modern Kastamonu in Paphlagonia, inherited after his death by his eldest son, and which became the stronghold of the family in the 11th century. Manuel Erotikos Komnenos died probably around 1020. At that time, his children were still young, so he entrusted them to the care of Emperor Basil II.
  
  Family
  
  Manuel's wife is virtually unknown. She was likely named Maria, as were two of her granddaughters, and probably died c. 1015. They had two sons and one daughter:
  
  Isaac I Komnenos (c. 1007 – 1061), married Catherine of Bulgaria, daughter of the last Bulgarian Tsar, and a distinguished general. He became emperor in 1057 at the head of a cabal of Anatolian generals, but resigned in 1059 and retired to a monastery.
  an unnamed daughter (born c. 1012), married Michael Dokeianos, who served as Catepan of Italy and was killed by the Pechenegs in 1050.
  John Komnenos (c. 1015 – 12 July 1067), married Anna Dalassene, and served during his brother's reign as Domestic of the Schools. He fathered several children who also became senior military leaders. His third son, Alexios I Komnenos, became emperor in 1081, founding the Komnenian dynasty.
  
  BIO
  BIO: Prefect of the East, 976-1025; Curoplates and Strategos under Basil II.
  
  ** from https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM%2010571204.htm#IoannesKdied1067A as of 7/23/2019
  
  MANUEL "Erotikos" Ko
  
  === LDS ordinances found in IGI ===
  LDS ordinances found in IGI
  
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  === GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winc ===
  GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch
  
  === ! Europasche Stammtafeln Neue folge vol. ===
  ! Europasche Stammtafeln Neue folge vol. 2 tafel 174;
  
  === M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 27 ===
  M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 27
  
  === OCCUPATION: General under Basil I (Emper ===
  OCCUPATION: General under Basil I (Emperor of Byzantine Empire)
  
  === ! Information from the ADAM CHART compil ===
  ! Information from the ADAM CHART compiled by Archibald F. Bennett, M. A. ! RELATIONSHIP: H. Reed Black is 28th G G Son.
  
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  === Eroticos, Feldherr im Osten 988 ===
  Eroticos, Feldherr im Osten 988
  
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  === Note:
  !TITLE: Prefect of the East.
  
  !SO ===
  Note:
  !TITLE: Prefect of the East.
  
  !SOURCE: "Europaische Stammtafeln", by Detlev Schwennicke, Volume II, Table 174,
  Generation 1.
  
  !SOURCE: "The Plantagenet Ancestry", by George Andrews Moriarity, About 1960,
  Page 137 Bottom, Generation 3, FHL Film No.
  441438.
  
  !Komnenos (Kumans?).
  
  Children1.Has No Children Nikephoros (Komnene) Prince of the BYZANTINE EMPIRE b: 1000 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
  2.Has Children Konstantinos IX Emperor of the BYZANTINE EMPIRE b: 1002 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
  3.Has Children Isaak I Emperor of the BYZANTINE EMPIRE b: 1004 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
  4.Has No Children Maria (Komnene) of the BYZANTINE EMPIRE b: 1012 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
  5.Has Children Johannes (Ionnias) I (Komnenos) Emperor of BYZANTINE EMPIRE b: 1015 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
  6.Has No Children John Caesar BYZANTINE EMPIRE b: 1010
  7.Has No Children Ivo of Duka Viscount BYZANTINE EMPIRE b: 1026 in , Constantinople, Turkey, Turkey
  
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  === !A OFFICER OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR BAZI ===
  !A OFFICER OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR BAZIL II
  
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  === !#18-v2-t142,143; !#23 !#552-v2-t175,177 ===
  !#18-v2-t142,143; !#23 !#552-v2-t175,177; !#902
  
  === #Générale# Attesté en 978, défend Nicée ===
  #Générale# Attesté en 978, défend Nicée contre Skloros.
  
  === !Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John J ===
  !Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John Julius Norwich; Gen Tables; !EWH, Langer p270;
  
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  --Other Fields ®64
  
  === Ancestral File Number: 9HMW-9K ===
  Ancestral File Number: 9HMW-9K
  
  === !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; according to notes, Manolis may have been called 'Michael'
  
  === En el 978 defendió Nicea contra las hue ===
  En el 978 defendió Nicea contra las huestes de SKLOROS. Fue Gobernador de Oriente . Tambien conocido por " EROTIKOS COMNENO "
  
  === NAME: LCVR-YWX ===
  NAME: LCVR-YWX
  
  MARRIAGE: В Семейном древе жена Анна LHJB-SRW. Обряды выполнены.
  
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  === !Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John J ===
  !Byzantium, The Decline and Fall, John Julius Norwich; Gen Tables;
  
  === from Encyc. Britannica 1968, vol. 6, p. ===
  from Encyc. Britannica 1968, vol. 6, p. 216: "Comnenus, the name of a Byzantine family from Paphlagonia whose members occupied the throne on Constantinople for over a century (1081-1185). Its first member to appear in Byzantine history was Manuel Eroticus Comnenus, an able general who served Basil II in the East."
  
  === Curopalates and strategos under Basil II ===
  Curopalates and strategos under Basil II

• m. ABT 999 in Turkey

1. Iōannēs Komnēnos, b. 5 JAN 1015 in Constantinople, Istanbul, Byzantine Empire, Turkey     d. 12 JUL 1067 in Constantinople, Istanbul, Byzantine Empire, Turkey

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Manuel Comnenos "Erotikos" Patrikios (Prefect) -
   Author: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor {1978-1992}, Page number: ii-174
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742399
   
2. Title: Wikipedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos;
   
3. Title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos
   Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos;
   Note: Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.Varzos, Konstantinos (1984). Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών [The Genealogy of the Komnenoi] (PDF) (in Greek). A. Thessaloniki: Centre for Byzantine Studies, University of Thessaloniki.
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Manuel Comnenos "Erotikos" Patrikios (Prefect) -
   Author: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton {1968}, Page number: 208
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742370
   
5. Title: Wikiwand: Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Manuel_Erotikos_Komnenos;
   Note: Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Ἐρωτικός Κομνηνός, Manouēl Erōtikos Komnēnos; 955/960 – c. 1020) was a Byzantine military leader under Basil II, and the first fully documented ancestor of the Komnenos dynasty. His origin and parentage is obscure. He is only mentioned in the sources as leading the defence of Nicaea in 978 against the rebel Bardas Skleros, and as an imperial envoy to him 11 years later. He had three children, late in life. The eldest, Isaac, became emperor in 1057–1059, and the youngest, John, was the progenitor of the Komnenian dynasty as the father of Alexios I Komnenos. Biography Nothing is known of Manuel's early life. From the fact that he was militarily active in 978, and given that he was able to have children as late as c. 1015, a date of birth of c. 955/960 has been suggested and generally accepted by modern scholars. His parents' identity is obscure: as Manuel's own firstborn son was named Isaac (Isaakios), the Greek scholar Konstantinos Varzos considered it likely that his father had the same name, since according to Greek custom the eldest male child is named after its paternal grandfather. Nothing is known otherwise about his life and career. According to Varzos, Manuel inherited his surname of "Komnenos" from his father, while his equally obscure mother was an unnamed lady of the Erotikos family, possibly related to the 11th-century rebel Theophilos Erotikos. The French scholar Jean-Claude Cheynet, on the other hand, proposed that Manuel was a member of the Erotikos family, and that he was the first to have changed the surname to Komnenos. Modern scholarship commonly accepts Michael Psellos' comment that the family originated from the village of Komne in Thrace. Varzos also considers Manuel a brother of the protospatharios Nikephoros Komnenos, who was named governor of the Armenian region of Vaspurakan soon after its annexation in 1021, but although possible, such a relationship cannot be proven. Manuel is mentioned for the first time in 978, when he led the defence of Nicaea against the rebel general Bardas Skleros, who had risen up against Emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025). Although his great-granddaughter, the princess Anna Komnene, claims in her Alexiad that he had been named strategos autokrator (commander-in-chief) of the East and sent with full powers to deal with the revolt, it is far more likely that he was merely a local commander. Manuel maintained the city's defence with some success, even though the besiegers managed to undermine and collapse one of its towers, until the lack of food became acute. At that point Manuel was able to fool Skleros, by pretending that he had mountains of wheat and was considering joining him, into allowing him and the inhabitants to depart freely for Constantinople. Manuel re-appears in 989, when he was sent as an envoy to Skleros, who had once more risen in revolt against Basil II, to persuade him to surrender. Manuel was successful in his task, and the elderly rebel ended his revolt and gave himself up on 11 October. The titles by which he is recorded were patrikios, anthypatos, and vestes. Manuel owned lands in the region of modern Kastamonu in Paphlagonia, inherited after his death by his eldest son, and which became the stronghold of the family in the 11th century. Manuel Erotikos Komnenos died probably around 1020. At that time, his children were still young, so he entrusted them to the care of Emperor Basil II. Family Manuel's wife is virtually unknown. She was likely named Maria, as were two of her granddaughters, and probably died c. 1015. They had two sons and one daughter: Isaac I Komnenos (c. 1007 – 1061), married Catherine of Bulgaria, daughter of the last Bulgarian Tsar, and a distinguished general. He became emperor in 1057 at the head of a cabal of Anatolian generals, but resigned in 1059 and retired to a monastery. an unnamed daughter (born c. 1012), married Michael Dokeianos, who served as Catepan of Italy and was killed by the Pechenegs in 1050. John Komnenos (c. 1015 – 12 July 1067), married Anna Dalassene, and served during his brother's reign as Domestic of the Schools. He fathered several children who also became senior military leaders. His third son, Alexios I Komnenos, became emperor in 1081, founding the Komnenian dynasty.
   
6. Title: "Medieval Bulgaria, Byzantium and Europe," by Andreas Schwarcz, Peter Soustal, Antoaneta Tcholakova
   Author: LIT Verlag Münster , 2014 - Bulgaria - 122 pages
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=IuVeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q=Manuel%20Erotikos%20Komnenos&f=false;
   Note: In his introduction to Vasil Gjuzelev's 75th Anniversary Commemorative, Johannes Koder opens his eyes to the focus of the Jubilee's academic work and his work as head of the Bulgarian Research Institute in Austria (1984-1989) Peter Schreiner provided a Tour d'Horizon The History of the Genoese and Their Presence in the Byzantine Region (Michel Balard, Laura Balletto, Sergei P. Karpov) is strongly represented in the study of the beginnings of the dynasty of the dynasties in Byzantium of the 10th and 11th centuries Vasilka Tap-kova-Zaimova moved into the sphere of real and imaginary peoples, while Ivan Jordanov addressed titles and dignitaries of Veliki Preslav's court Ivan Bozilov writes about Franjo Rackis "Histoire de Bulgarie "Peter Soustal traces the traces of Slavic presence on Mount Athos, and Oliver Jens Schmidt leads us to Skanderbeg's elevation in 1443 and the different ethnic groups and denominations in western Macedonia and central Albania."
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Manuel Comneno - Published information: birth-name: Manuel Comneno
   Note: Published information: birth-name: Manuel Comneno Published information: male
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245159809
   
8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Manuel Comnenos "Erotikos" Patrikios (Prefect) -
   Author: Royalty for Commoners, 2nd Ed; Roderick W Stuart {1988}, Page number: 111-34
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742394
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Manolis (Michael) "Erotikos" - birth: 0955; Macedonia
   Author: 13143.GED, Not Given
   Note: birth: 0955; Macedonia Source Media Type: Other death: 1025; Macedonia Source Media Type: Other Source Media Type: Other