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86:. By this marriage John II may have been seeking to politically neutralise the threat of a potentially dangerous family. He was certainly pursuing a policy of bringing 'new blood' into the imperial family and governing circles. 426: 395: 97:", Rhomaioi being the Romans, as the Byzantines referred to themselves. Though Anemas appears to have been a prominent soldier little information on his exploits has survived. 150:). He died of some disease, possibly tuberculosis, and died at a young age; his wife followed soon after. The couple had one child, of whom nothing further is known. 471: 451: 147: 381: 370: 339: 175: 412: 330: 146:– 1155/57), married Anna Komnene Doukaina, a great-grandniece of Alexios I (possibly a granddaughter of Alexios' brother 466: 196:, who became Manuel I's chief minister. The couple had several children, but only the name of one, Manuel, is known. 456: 76:
in 1105. It is remarkable that in the next generation a member of the same family, Manuel, married the
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Manuel Anemas died in 1148; a funerary lament dated to Holy Week of that year by Prodromos, for "'
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family. Four Anemas brothers were involved in a serious conspiracy against
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and distinguished military commander. The marriage remained childless.
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Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
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princess Theodora Komnene, daughter of John II and his empress,
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Manuel Anemas and Theodora Komnene had a number of children:
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Manuel Anemas, the most fortunate son-in-law of the late
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Index

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
John II Komnenos
Manuel I Komnenos
Anemas
Alexios I Komnenos
porphyrogenita
Eirene of Hungary
Theodore Prodromos
Rhomaioi
basileus
autokrator
Purple-born
Isaac Komnenos
Andronikos Lapardas
John Angelos
Constantine Angelos
Theodore Styppeiotes
Varzos 1984a
Magdalino 2002
Varzos 1984b
Varzos 1984b
Varzos 1984b
Varzos 1984b
Kazhdan, Alexander
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
ISBN
0-19-504652-8
Magdalino, Paul
The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143–1180

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