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| Very little is known about his life. The only references to him come from the history of [[Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger]], who married his great-granddaughter [[Anna Komnene]].<ref name="PmbZ">{{cite encyclopedia | editor1-last = Lilie | editor1-first = Ralph-Johannes | editor2-last = Ludwig | editor2-first = Claudia | editor3-last = Zielke | editor3-first = Beate | editor4-last = Pratsch | editor4-first = Thomas | encyclopedia = Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt | language = German | publisher = De Gruyter | year = 2013 | url = http://www.degruyter.com/view/db/pmbz | title = Alexios Charon (#20250) | accessdate = 10 November 2014}}</ref> Bryennios reports that "Charon" was a sobriquet given to him for his bravery, referring to the [[Charon (mythology)|ferryman of the underworld]] in [[Greek mythology]], but the name is attested as an actual surname as well.<ref name="PmbZ"/> | Very little is known about his life. The only references to him come from the history of [[Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger]], who married his great-granddaughter [[Anna Komnene]].<ref name="PmbZ">{{cite encyclopedia | editor1-last = Lilie | editor1-first = Ralph-Johannes | editor2-last = Ludwig | editor2-first = Claudia | editor3-last = Zielke | editor3-first = Beate | editor4-last = Pratsch | editor4-first = Thomas | encyclopedia = Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt | language = German | publisher = De Gruyter | year = 2013 | url = http://www.degruyter.com/view/db/pmbz | title = Alexios Charon (#20250) | accessdate = 10 November 2014}}</ref> Bryennios reports that "Charon" was a sobriquet given to him for his bravery, referring to the [[Charon (mythology)|ferryman of the underworld]] in [[Greek mythology]], but the name is attested as an actual surname as well.<ref name="PmbZ"/> |
| On Alexios' career, Bryennios only reports that he "handled the emperor's affairs" in the Byzantine provinces of southern Italy (the [[Catepanate of Italy]]) some time in the first half of the 11th century. The exact office that Alexios held is unknown; it has been suggested that he may have been the governor ([[catepan]]) of Italy, but his name appears in no other source.<ref name="PmbZ"/> The historian of Byzantine Italy [[Vera von Falkenhausen]] suggested that he might be identical with [[Alexios Xiphias]], who was catepan in 1006/07, but Xiphias died in 1007, and Charon's daughter—and mother of Emperor [[Alexios I Komnenos]]—[[Anna Dalassene]] was not born until sometime between 1020 and 1030.<ref name="PmbZ"/> | On Alexios' career, Bryennios only reports that he "handled the emperor's affairs" in the Byzantine provinces of southern Italy (the [[Catepanate of Italy]]) some time in the first half of the 11th century. The exact office that Alexios held is unknown; it has been suggested that he may have been the governor ([[catepan]]) of Italy, but his name appears in no other source.<ref name="PmbZ"/> The historian of Byzantine Italy [[Vera von Falkenhausen]] suggested that he might be identical with [[Alexios Xiphias]], who was catepan in 1006/07, but Xiphias died in 1007, and Charon's daughter—and mother of Emperor [[Alexios I Komnenos]] — [[Anna Dalassene]] was not born until sometime between 1020 and 1030.<ref name="PmbZ"/> |
| == References == | == References == |
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