ANDRONIKOS Doukas, son of IOANNES Doukas, cæsar & his wife Eirene Pegonitissa (-14 Oct [1077]). The Alexeiad names "Andronikos, the Cæsar's eldest son" as the father of Empress Eirene[537]. Mikhael Glykas refers to "Iohanni Cæsari…filiis…Constantinus…filius alter…Andronicus"[538]. Co-emperor 1067-1070. Commander of the imperial fleet in 1068, he fled from the battle scene at Manzikert in Aug 1071 and deliberately spread the rumour that the battle was lost, which eventually it was[539]. Protoproedros, protobestiarios. An undated seal records "Andronic Ducas protoproèdre, protovestiaire et domestique des scholes de l´Orient"[540]. Psellos records that "Andronicus, the elder of the cæsar's sons, was given command of the imperial armies"[541]. Domestikos of the Orient 1073. He became a monk as ANTONIOS. Nikeforos Bryennios records that "protovestiarius...Andronicus" died soon after the betrothal of "Comnenum Alexium" to his oldest daughter Eirene[542]. The typikon of Theotokos Kecharitomenes (dated to [1110]) provides for the commemoration 14 Oct of "le...père de ma Majesté, le protoproèdre et grand duc des Scholes d´Orient, kyr Andronic Doukas, qui s´appela...kyr Antoine"[543]. The list of obituaries of the monastery of Christ Philanthropos, founded by Empress Eirene Doukas, records the death 14 Oct of "Antoniou monaxou tou patros tes ayias despoines"[544].
m ([before 1061]) MARIA Troiane, daughter of TROJAN [Troianos] of Bulgaria & his wife --- (-21 Nov [1089/1110]). Her parentage is confirmed by Nikeforos Bryennios who records that "uxor Andronici" was "genus a Samuele…Bulgarorum rege, e cuius filio Troianne nata ipsa erat", adding that "materna vero ei prosapia referebatur ad Contostephanos, Aballantes et Phocadas"[545]. The Alexeiad records that "the daughter-in-law of the Cæsar Ioannes…protovestiaria" was imprisoned "in the nunnery of Petrion near the Sidera" when the Komnenoi plot against Emperor Nikeforos Botaneiates was discovered, referring to her as "kinswoman" of Anna Dalassena and, in a later passage, stating that she "was of Bulgarian descent"[546]. Protobestiaria. She became a nun as XENE. She received a letter from Leon ex-metropolitan of Chalcedonia dated to 1089/[1094/95][547]. The typikon of Theotokos Kecharitomenes (dated to [1110]) provides for the commemoration 21 Nov of "la...princesse et mère de ma Majesté, kyra Marie, qui fut appelée...kyra Xénè"[548]. The list of obituaries of the monastery of Christ Philanthropos, founded by Empress Eirene Doukas, records the death 21 Nov of "Xenes monaxes tes metros tes ayias despoines tes protobestiarisses"[549].
Andronikos Doukas & his wife had five children