Children
Irene died on February 19, in either 1123 or 1133, most likely the latter. With Alexios I Komnenos she had nine children:
- Anna Komnene (1083–1153)
- Maria Komnene
- John II Komnenos (1087–1143)
- Andronikos Komnenos
- Isaac Komnenos
- Eudokia Komnene
- Theodora Komnene, who married Constantine Angelos. Among their children were John Doukas (who took his grandmother's surname) and Andronikos Angelos, father of the emperors Alexios III Angelos and Isaac II Angelos.
- Manuel Komnenos
- Zoe Komnene
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