simple monk in Stoudion, readily performing menial tasks until he died in 1060, probably on 1 June. Family Isaac was married to Catherine of Bulgaria, a daughter of Ivan Vladislav, the last ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire. Isaac raised her to the position of Augusta. The couple had at least two children: Manuel Komnenos ( – ), probably the "son of Komnenos" recorded as having been engaged to the daughter of the protospatharios Helios. He died sometime between 1042 and 1057. Maria Komnene (born ), her beauty is remarked upon by Psellos but she remained unmarried and retired with her mother to the Myrelaion. Notes References Sources Further reading 1000s births 1060 deaths 1050s in the Byzantine Empire 11th-century Byzantine emperors Byzantine generals Komnenos dynasty Monarchs who abdicated Eastern Orthodox monarchs Studite monks Magistroi