IOANNES Doukas (-12 May [1088]). Psellos records that Emperor Konstantinos "promoted his brother John to the dignity of cæsar"[516]. In 1073, he was proclaimed emperor at Amorium by Roussel de Bailleul (commander of the Norman mercenaries), who had mutinied against Emperor Mikhael VII, and marched on Constantinople. Emperor Mikhael sought help from the Seljuks, promising them east Anatolia, and they surrounded Roussel's forces on Mount Sophon in Cappadocia[517]. Ioannes became a monk as IGNATIOS in 1076. The Alexeiad records that "the Cæsar Ioannes, his paternal uncle" advised Emperor Mikhael Doukas to retire to a monastery after he was deposed[518]. Imperial counsellor in 1081. The list of obituaries of the monastery of Christ Philanthropos, founded by Empress Eirene Doukas, records the death 12 May of "Ignatiou monaxou kaisaros kai pappou tis ayias despoinis"[519]. m ([1045]) EIRENE Pegonitissa, daughter of [LEON/NIKETAS] Pegonites, General & his wife --- (-8 Sep [1060/65]). Psellos´s epitaph to "??????? ?a?s???ssa?" alludes to her father as "pégè…nikè" and records his military successes against the Bulgarians names Leon Pegonites as father of Eirene, wife of Ioannes Doukas[520]. The Prosopography of the Byzantine World interprets this passage as indicating Leon Pegonites[521]. Kouroupou and Vanniersuggest that it refers to "le patrice Nicétas Pègonitès, stratège de Dyrrachion et vainqueur en 1018 du tsar bulgare Jean Vladislav"[522]. A seal dated to before 24 Nov 1059 (when her husband was appointed cæsar by his brother) records "Irène Pègonitissa, magistrissa, vestarchissa et doukaina"[523]. Psellos, in his epitaph to "??????? ?a?s???ssa?", records that she refused to bear the insignia of "cæsarissa" after her husband was appointed cæsar because of her serious illness[524]. The list of obituaries of the monastery of Christ Philanthropos, founded by Empress Eirene Doukas, records the death 8 Sep of "Eirene…agias despoines e kaisárissa"[525]. Kouroupou and Vanniersuggest that her death "semble [être] antérieure à la naissance de sa petite-fille Irène en 1066"[526]. Ioannes Doukas & his wife had two children