IOANNES Komnenos, son of MANUEL Erotikos Komnenos & his wife --- ([1015]-12 Jul 1067). Nikeforos Bryennios names "maiori natu Isaacio…iunior Ioannes" as the two sons of "Comneni Manuelis"[41]. His parentage is confirmed by the Alexeiad which describes Emperor Isaakios Komnenos as brother-in-law of Anna Dalassena, an earlier passage naming him Ioannes[42]. Patrikios. Skylitzes records that Emperor Isaakios created "Joannem fratrem et Catacalon Combustum curopalatas" and "fratrem suum magnum domesticum" after his accession, in 1057[43]. His brother abdicated in his favour 25 Dec 1059, but Ioannes refused the throne[44]. He became a monk as IOANNES. Nikeforos Bryennios records the death of "Ioannes...Comnenus curopalates" which occurred "nec multo post" the death of Emperor Konstantinos X Doukas [dated to 23 May 1067][45]. The typikon of Theotokos Kecharitomenes (dated to [1110]) provides for the commemoration 12 Jul of "feu kyr Jean, le...beau-père de ma Majesté"[46]. The list of obituaries of the monastery of Christ Philanthropos, founded by Empress Eirene Doukas, records the death 12 Jul of "Ioannou monaxou kai patros tou basileos"[47].
m ([1042]) ANNA Dalassena, daughter of ALEXIOS Kharon Prefect of Italy & his wife --- Dalassena (-1 Nov [1100/02], bur Pantopopte). Nikeforos Bryennios records the marriage of "Ioanni" and "filia Charonis Alexii…Anna", recording that her motherwas "genus a Dalassenis"[48]. The Alexeiad names "Anna Dalassena, the mother of the Komneni" when recording that she arranged the marriage of "the grandson of Botaneiates and the daughter of Manuel her eldest son"[49]. An undated seal records "Anne Dalassène curopalatissa"[50]. Despoina 1048/57. Nikeforos Bryennios records that "Anna...cum filiis" were banished "in insulam principis dictam" [Prinkipo], dated to [1072][51]. Nikeforos Bryennios records that, after the death of "Diogenis", Emperor Mikhael VII recalled "curopalatissam Annam...Comnenorum matrem...cum filiis" from exile, dated to late 1072[52]. Regent of Byzantium 1081 and 1094-1095. An undated seal records "Anne Dalassène la mère du basileus"[53]. She became a nun at Pantopopte convent which she founded. The typikon of Theotokos Kecharitomenes (dated to [1110]) provides for the commemoration 1 Nov of "ma...despoina, la belle-mère de ma Majesté"[54]. The list of obituaries of the monastery of Christ Philanthropos, founded by Empress Eirene Doukas, records the death 1 Nov of "Annas monaxes tes metros tou basileos"[55].
Ioannes Komnenos & his wife had eight children