Family
He was a minor member of the Komnenos family. He was son of an unnamed Doukas Kamateros and Irene Komnene. His maternal grandparents were sebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos and his first wife Theodora.
His namesake maternal grandfather was the third son of John II Komnenos and Piroska of Hungary. He was the senior surviving son of John II at his death but his younger brother Manuel I Komnenos successfully claimed the throne for himself.
Both Isaacs should not be confused with the Byzantine emperor Isaac I Komnenos (1057–1059). He was an uncle of Alexios I Komnenos and great-uncle of John II.
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