Konstantinakios 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 788 (taq) / 788 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 3696 |
Locations | Constantinople (residence); Constantinople |
Titles | Patrikios (dignity) |
Textual Sources | Vita Sancti Philareti, by Nicetas of Amnia (BHG 1511z), ed. M.-H. Fourmy and M. Leroy, "La Vie de S. Philarhte", Byz 9 (1934), pp. 113-167 (hagiography) |
After the emperor Constantine VI (Konstantinos 8) married Maria 2 of Amnia (in 788), Konstantinakios 1 married her younger sister Myranthia 1; he was a patrikios and was young and handsome: Nicetas, Vita Philareti, p. 143, line 19 (εἷς τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ πατρίκιος, ὄνομα Κωνσταντινάκιος, ὡραῖος καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ καλὸς τῷ εἴδει σφόδρα).
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