Theodosios Komnenos

Theodosios Komnenos (1099-1158) was the eldest son of the Emperor Manuel Komnenos by his second wife, the Lombard noblewoman Yvantia of Benevento. From an early age, doubts were cast on Theodosios' legitimacy, especially given his barbarian blood, and he entered the monastic life in 1114 on the orders of the Emperor Alexios, the grandfather of Theodosios' newborn half-brother John. Theodosios lived a relatively obscure life thereafter, but upon John's accession to the throne forty years later, he was connected to a conspiracy against the Emperor, and kept as a hostage at court. He died while accompanying his half-brother to the Hungarian frontier late in the summer of 1158.