Robert II

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Count of Artois.

Robert married Amicie de Courtenay in 1262. Amicie (daughter of Pierre I de Courtenay and Pérenelle de Joigny) was born about 1250; died in 1275 in Rome, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mathilde d'Artois was born about 1268; died on 27 Oct 1329 in Paris, France.
2. Philippe d'Artois was born about 1269; died on 11 Sep 1298; was buried in St. Jacques, Paris, France.

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• Alternate death: 7 Feb 1250, Mansourah, Egypt

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Called "the Good." First Count of Artois.

"Robert died while leading a reckless attack on Al Mansurah, without the knowledge of his brother King Louis IX. He and the Templars accompanying the expedition charged into the town and became trapped in the narrow streets. According to Jean de Joinville, he defended himself for some time in a house there, but was at last overpowered and killed. In Egypt it is believed that Sultan Qutuz killed him, although it is more likely that an anonymous soldier did so." [Wikipedia]

Robert married Mahaut of Brabant on 14 Jun 1237. Mahaut (daughter of Henri II of Brabant and Maria von Hohenstaufen) was born about 1224; died on 29 Sep 1288; was buried in Cercamp Abbey, Artois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 29 Oct 1288

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Also called Mathilde of Brabant.

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• Alternate birth: 5 Sep 1187, Paris, France
• Alternate death: 9 Nov 1226, Castle of Montpensier, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Nicknamed "le Lion". Pretender to the throne of England, 1216-17.

Louis married Blanche of Castile, Queen Consort of France on 23 May 1200 in Church of Port-Mort, Eure, Normandy, France. Blanche (daughter of Alfonso VIII, King of Castile, Toledo, and Extramadura and Eleanor of England) was born before 4 Mar 1188 in Palencia, Castile, Spain; died on 26 Nov 1252 in Paris, France; was buried in Maubuisson Abbey near Pontoise, near Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 4 Mar 1188, Palencia, Castile, Spain
• Alternate death: 27 Nov 1252, Paris, France

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Also called Blanca.

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Duke of Lorraine and Brabant. Called "Magnanimus."

Henri married Maria von Hohenstaufen on 22 Aug 1215. Maria (daughter of Philip II, King of Germany and Irene Angelina) was born about 1201; died in 1235. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Abt 1240

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Also called Mary of Swabia.

Philippe married Isabella of Flanders, Queen Consort of France on 28 Apr 1180 in Abbey of Saint-Trinité, Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, France. Isabella (daughter of Baldwin V of Flanders and Marguerite of Lorraine) was born on 23 Apr 1170 in Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 15 Mar 1190 in Paris, France; was buried in Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Isabella of Hainaut.

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• Alternate death: 5 Oct 1214, Gutiérre Muños, Arévalo, Spain
• Alternate death: 6 Oct 1214, Gutiérre Muños, Arévalo, Spain

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Also Lord of Gascony. "Defeated by the Moorish Almohad invaders in 1195, but defeated a combined army of the kings of Leon and Navarre the same year. Won a great victory over the Moors at Navas de Tolosa, 1212." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, which gives the date of his marriage to Eleanor as September 1177, unlike other sources which date it to September 1170.]

Alfonso married Eleanor of England in Sep 1170 in Burgos, Castile, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France; Queen Consort of England) was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Domfront, Normandy, France; died on 21 Sep 1214; was buried in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Between 1161 and 1162
• Alternate birth: 1161
• Alternate death: 25 Oct 1214, Burgos, Castile, Spain

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Also called Leonor.

"Of all Eleanor of Aquitaine's daughters, her namesake was the only one who was enabled, by political circumstances, to wield the kind of influence her mother had exercised. In her own marriage treaty, and in the first marriage treaty for her daughter Berengaria, Eleanor was given direct control of many lands, towns, and castles throughout the kingdom. She was almost as powerful as Alfonso, who specified in his will in 1204 that she was to rule alongside their son in the event of his death, including taking responsibility for paying his debts and executing his will. It was she who persuaded him to marry their daughter Berengaria to Alfonso IX of León. Troubadours and sages were regularly present in Alfonso VIII's court due to Eleanor's patronage." [Wikipedia]

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• Alternate birth: 1165
• Alternate death: Abt 3 Sep 1235, Koln, Germany

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Duke of Lorraine and Barbant. Margrave of Antwerp.

Henri married Machtild of Boulogne in 1179. Machtild (daughter of Mathieu of Flanders and Marie of England) was born about 1169; died between 1210 and 1211; was buried in Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 5 Aug 1224

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Also called Mahaud; Maud; Mathilde d'Alsace; Mathilde of Flanders.

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• Alternate birth: Feb-Mar 1177, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
• Alternate birth: 1181

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Phillip of Hohenstaufen, Duke Of Swabia, "King of the Romans". Was never formally made Holy Roman Emperor.

Murdered by Otto of Wittelsbach.

Philip married Irene Angelina on 25 May 1197. Irene (daughter of Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of Byzantium and (First wife of Isaac II Angelos)) was born about 1181 in Constantinople; died on 27 Aug 1208 in Hohenstaufen Castle, Bavaria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Eirene-Maria of Byzantium.

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• Alternate birth: 1121
• Alternate death: 19 Sep 1180

Louis married Adèle of Blois, Queen Consort of France on 18 Oct 1160. Adèle (daughter of Thibaut IV of Blois, Champagne, and Troyes and Mathilde of Carinthia) was born about 1140; died on 4 Jun 1206 in Paris, France; was buried in Abbey of Pontigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 24 Jun 1206, Paris, France

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Also called Alix of Champagne.

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Count of Hainault and Flanders. Margrave of Namur.

Baldwin married Marguerite of Lorraine in Apr 1169. Marguerite (daughter of Thierri III of Lorraine and Sibyl of Anjou) was born between 1140 and 1145; died on 12 Nov 1194. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 17 Dec 1195

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Also called Marguerite of Flanders.

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• Alternate birth: 1135

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The Desired (el Deseado).

Sancho married Blanche of Navarre, Queen of Castile on 30 Jan 1151 in Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain. Blanche (daughter of Garcia VI Ramirez, King of Navarre and Marguerite de l'Aigle, Queen of Navarre) was born in 1137; died on 12 Aug 1156; was buried in Cathedral Santa Maria la Real, Najera, La Rioja, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1140
• Alternate death: 24 Jun 1158

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Also called Sancha.

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• Alternate birth: 4 Mar 1133, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays-de-la-Loire, France

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Also called Henry Fitz Empress; Henry Fitz Geoffrey.

Henry married Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France; Queen Consort of England on 18 May 1152 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Eleanor (daughter of William X of Aquitaine and Aénor de Châtellerault) was born in 1122; died on 1 Apr 1204; was buried in Fontévrault Abbey, near Chinon, Anjou, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1124
• Alternate death: 31 Mar 1204, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

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Also called Alienor, Helienordis. Duchess of Aquitaine.

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• Alternate birth: 1142
• Alternate death: 21 Aug 1190

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Count of Louvain. Duke of Lorraine. Duke of Brabant.

Godfrey married Margaret von Limburg in 1158. Margaret (daughter of Henry II of Limburg and Maud von Saffenberg) died in 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1173

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Count of Boulogne. Also called Matthew d'Alsace.

Killed at the Siege of Driencourt.

Mathieu married Marie of England in 1160. Marie (daughter of Stephen of Blois, King Of England and Maud of Boulogne, Queen Consort of England) was born in 1136; died in 1182 in Monastery of Sainte-Austreberthe, Montreuil, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Mary of Blois. Abbess of Romsey; Countess of Boulogne.

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Drowned in the Saleph River (now known as the Göksu) while leading an army in the Third Crusade.

Frederick married Beatrice of Burgundy on 9 Jun 1156 in Würzburg, Germany. Beatrice (daughter of Renaud III of Burgundy and Agatha of Lorraine) was born about 1144; died on 15 Nov 1184 in Jouhe, Jura, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 15 Nov 1185

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Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.

"Isaac has the reputation as one of the most unsuccessful princes to occupy the Byzantine throne. Surrounded by a crowd of slaves, mistresses, and flatterers, he permitted his empire to be administered by unworthy favourites, while he squandered the money wrung from his provinces on costly buildings and expensive gifts to the churches of his metropolis. During his reign the Empire lost Lefkada, Kefallonia, and Zakynthos to the Normans in 1185. In the same year the Bulgarian Empire was restored after the rebellion of the brothers Asen and Peter, thus losing Moesia and parts of Thrace and Macedonia. After that Cilicia was retaken by the Armenians, and Cyprus wrested from the empire by the Franks." [Wikipedia]

Isaac married (First wife of Isaac II Angelos). (First (daughter of Demetrios Tornikes and (Unknown sister of Euthymios Malakes)) died before 1185. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The origins of Isaac II Angelos's first wife are not known. She is frequently called "Irene", or some variant thereof, because her name is given as "Herina" in the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where her son-in-law Phillip, Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, second husband of her daughter Irene Angelina (also called Eirene-Maria), is buried. But this is problematic because in this period of Byzantine history, it was a well-established custom that children were never given the names of her parents.

In this database we have followed, for her origins, the hypothesis set forth in "Eirene?, First Wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos, Is a Probable Tornikina and Gateway to Antiquity," by Don C. Stone and Charles R. Owens, citation details below, which puts forth the argument that "the first wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos was very likely a daughter of Demetrios Tornikes. We believe that our solution is the simplest way to accommodate all the evidence we have reviewed." Stone and Owens continue:

"We believe that the biographical information [...] provides additional support for this conclusion, showing, for example, political alliances that correlate with postulated family relationships. We noted that Demetrios Tornikes as judge of the velum opposed Andronikos Komnenos and almost paid for this resistance with death. The opposition of Isaakios Angelos, the future emperor, and his family to Andronikos Komnenos seems even more likely if the Angeloi were angered over Andronikos Komnenos' treatment of Demetrios Tornikes, father-in-law of Isaakios. Andronikos Komnenos' uncharacteristic lack of response to Angeloi opposition also seems more likely if Andronikos knew that Demetrios Tornikes was the father-in-law of Isaakios and understood the family's anger."

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"The Fat."

Louis married Alix of Savoy, Queen Consort of France in Mar 1115 in Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, France. Alix (daughter of Umberto II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy) was born about 1092; died on 18 Nov 1154; was buried in Abbey Church of Saint Pierre, Montmartre, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Adelaide of Maurienne.

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• Alternate birth: 1093, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France

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Count of Blois, Champagne, and Troyes. Nicknamed "le Grand".

Thibaut married Mathilde of Carinthia in 1123. Mathilde (daughter of Engelbert II von Sponheim and Uta of Passau) died on 13 Dec 1160 in Fontevault, Maine-et-Loir, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 13 Dec 1161, Fontevault, Maine-et-Loir, France

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Also called Machaldis, Matildis, Mathildis, Matirdis, etc. Also called Mathilde von Kärnten. Also called Mathilde of Sponheim.

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Count of Hainaut.

With Baldwin IV of Hainaut and his wife Alix de Namur, the line back from TNH's probable Quebec "gateway ancestor" Jean Sicard de Carufel joins up with the ancestry of proven TNH gateway ancestor Olive Welby.

Count of Hainault.

Baldwin married Alix de Namur about 1130. Alix (daughter of Godfrey of Namur and Ermisende of Luxembourg) died in Jul 1169. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Adele, Ermensinde.

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Count of Alsace and Flanders. Also called Dietrich.

Thierri married Sibyl of Anjou in 1131. Sibyl (daughter of Fulk V, King of Jerusalem and Eremburge de la Flèche) was born in 1112; died in 1165. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1116

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Called "Emperor" (Emperador).

Alfonso married Berenguela of Barcelona in Nov 1128 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla-Leon, Spain. Berenguela (daughter of Ramon III Berenguer and Dulce de Gévauden) was born about 1114; died on 15 Jan 1149 in Palencia, Castile, Spain; was buried in Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1116
• Alternate death: 31 Jan 1149, Palencia, Castile, Spain
• Alternate death: 3 Feb 1149

Garcia married Marguerite de l'Aigle, Queen of Navarre about 1130. Marguerite (daughter of Gilbert de l'Aigle and Juliana de la Perche) died on 25 May 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of Anjou.

Also called Geoffrey Plantagenet; Geoffrey "le Bel".

Royal Ancestry, Wikipedia, and most notably the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography all say he married the Empress Matilda in Le Mans. The Henry Project says the wedding took place in Worcester, citing L. C. Bethemann, ed., Roberti de Monte Chronica (a continuation by Robert de Torigni of the chronicle of Sigebert de Gembloux).

Geoffrey married Maud "The Empress" on 22 May 1128 in Le Mans Cathedral, Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. Maud (daughter of Henry I, King of England and Matilda of Scotland, Queen Consort of England) was born about 8 Feb 1102 in London, England; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Abbey of Bec, Eure, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1104

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• Alternate death: 28 Mar 1136, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
• Alternate death: 9 Apr 1137

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Called "The Saint." Duke of Aquitaine. Also, as William VIII, Count of Poitou. Also Duke of Gascony.

William married Aénor de Châtellerault in 1121. Aénor (daughter of Aimery I of Chátellerault and Dangereuse) died after 3 Mar 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft Mar 1130

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Also called Eleanor; Aénor de Rochefoucauld.

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Count of Louvain.

Godfrey married Luitgarde of Sulzbach in 1139. Luitgarde (daughter of Berengar I of Sulzbach and Adelheid von Diessen) died after 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Duke of Limburg. Count of Arlon. Died while campaigning with Frederick Barbarossa in Italy, in the epidemic of 1167 at Rome.

Henry married Maud von Saffenberg. Maud (daughter of Adalbert von Saffenberg and Mechtild) died on 2 Jan 1145; was buried in Abbey of Rolduc, Kerkrade, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Between 1095 and 1096

Stephen married Maud of Boulogne, Queen Consort of England in 1125. Maud (daughter of Eustache III of Boulogne and Mary of Scotland) was born about 1072; died on 30 May 1151; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1105
• Alternate death: 3 Jul 1151, Hedingham Castle, Kent, England

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Suo jure Countess of Boulogne and Lens.

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• Alternate death: 6 Apr 1147, Alzey, Germany

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Called Frederick the One-eyed. Duke of Swabia from 1105 to his death, second of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.

Frederick married Judith of Bavaria in 1121. Judith (daughter of Henry IX of Bavaria and Wulfhilde of Saxony) was born on 19 May 1100; died after 22 Feb 1130; was buried in Waldburg, Heiligen Forst, Alsace. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1103
• Alternate death: 27 Aug 1130

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Count of Macon and Burgundy.

Renaud married Agatha of Lorraine. Agatha (daughter of Simon I of Lorraine and Adelaide of Louvain) died in 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A Byzantine military leader in Asia Minor.

Andronikos married Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa. Euphrosyne was born about 1125; died after 1195. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"His father died at a young age, and Demetrios' oldest brother Georgios became head of the family. Georgios corresponded with Eirene, daughter of Anna Komnene (discussed above) and Nikephoros Bryennios, and arranged for Demetrios to be raised in Eirene's household as a companion for one of Eirene's sons and as a family servant. Anna was probably then spending much time at the Kecharitomene Convent, founded by her mother, but not yet permanently living there. 'The convent Kecharitomene, overlooking the Golden Horn, gave our historian the serenity she probably never enjoyed in the imperial palace.' According to her eulogy by Georgios Tornikes, she gathered about her there 'a philosophic circle whose work she inspired and directed.' Anna's daughter Eirene, widowed at a fairly early age, collaborated with her mother. Thus Demetrios Tornikes, raised in Eirene's household, was near the center of Anna Komnene's intellectual orbit. Demetrios no doubt also absorbed much about etiquette and protocol as a child. His association with this family continued, and his career culminated 'in the office of the logothete of the drome, effectively foreign minister of the empire.'" ["Eirene?, First Wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos, Is a Probable Tornikina and Gateway to Antiquity," by Don C. Stone and Charles R. Owens, citation details below.]

Demetrios married (Unknown sister of Euthymios Malakes). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In a post to SGM on 25 Oct 2015, Peter Stewart says "Eirene could well have been the name of Eirene Angelina's maternal grandmother -- the eldest daughter of Isaac Angelos was named Euphrosyne (after his own mother), so the next daughter (as far as we know Eirene), customarily would have been named after her mother's mother. This woman may have been the wife of Demetrios Tornikes, whose son Konstantinos was called 'uncle' of Isaac's son Alexios IV, but this relies on less-than-compelling evidence."