Editing Manuel I Komnenos (section)

==Family==
[[File:Manuel1 Marie.jpg|thumb|Manuscript miniature of Maria of Antioch with Manuel I Komnenos, [[Vatican Library]], Rome]]

Manuel had two wives. His first marriage, in 1146, was to [[Bertha of Sulzbach]], a sister-in-law of Conrad III of Germany. She died in 1159. Children:
# [[Maria Komnene (daughter of Manuel I)|Maria Komnene]] (1152{{sfn|Garland|Stone}}–1182), wife of [[Renier of Montferrat]].
# Anna Komnene{{sfn|Garland|Stone}} (1154–1158).

Manuel's second marriage was to [[Maria of Antioch]] (nicknamed ''Xene''), a daughter of [[Raymond of Poitiers|Raymond]] and [[Constance of Antioch]], in 1161. By this marriage, Manuel had one son:
# [[Alexios II Komnenos]], who succeeded as emperor in 1180.<ref name="V155">K. Varzos, ''Genealogy of the Komnenian Dynasty'', 155</ref>

Manuel had several illegitimate children:

By Theodora Vatatzina:
# [[Alexios Komnenos (illegitimate son of Manuel I)|Alexios Komnenos]] (born in the early 1160s), who was recognised as the emperor's son, and indeed received a title (''sebastokrator''). He was briefly married to Eirene Komnene, illegitimate daughter of [[Andronikos I Komnenos]], in 1183–1184, and was then blinded by his father-in-law. He lived until at least 1191 and was known personally to Choniates.<ref name="K102">Každan-Epstein, ''Change in Byzantine Culture'', 102</ref>

By Maria Taronitissa, the wife of [[John Doukas Komnenos]]:
# Alexios Komnenos, a ''[[pinkernes]]'' ("cupbearer"), who fled Constantinople in 1184 and was a figurehead of the Norman invasion and the [[Sack of Thessalonica (1185)|siege of Thessalonica]] in 1185.

By other lovers:
# A daughter whose name is unknown. She was born around 1150 and married Theodore Maurozomes before 1170. Her son was [[Manuel Maurozomes]], whose daughter married [[Kaykhusraw I]], the Seljuk [[Sultanate of Rûm]], and her descendants ruled the sultanate from 1220 to 1246.<ref>C. M. Brand, ''The Turkish Element in Byzantium'', 12<br/>* P. Magdalino, ''The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos'', 98</ref>
# A daughter whose name is unknown, born around 1155. She was the maternal grandmother of the author [[Demetrios Tornikes]].<ref name="V157">K. Varzos, ''Genealogy of the Komnenian Dynasty'', 157a</ref>