Manuel Erotikos Komnenos
Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (c. 955/960–c. 1020) was a Byzantine general under Emperor Basil II and first securely attested ancestor of the Komnenian dynasty. In 978 he led the defence of Nicaea against the rebel Bardas Skleros, bluffing him into letting the starving city withdraw to Constantinople, and in 989 he persuaded Skleros to surrender.
He owned estates around Kastamon in Paphlagonia. When he died around 1020 his young sons were entrusted to Basil II; Isaac took the throne in 1057 and John's son became Alexios I.