11/23/1059 AD abdicated
On a hunt he falls ill. As the fever lasted for several days, Isaac, fears he will die soon, agrees to resign and retire to a monastery, and names Constantine Doukas as his successor.
Isaac was a passionate hunter with both the horse and the falcon, spending much time at a hunting lodge outside Constantinople.
Psellos claims that he was the main author of the nomination of his successor, even against the initial opposition of Empress Catherine.
Also, according to Psellos, Isaac began to recover soon after Doukas' nomination, and started reconsidering his decision. Psellos again took the decisive step of having Doukas publicly acclaimed as emperor on 23 December, with Psellos putting the purple sandals on his feet. Isaac then resigned himself to his fate, and was tonsured as a monk, retiring to the Stoudion monastery
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Isaac I Komnenos Byzantine emperor ...
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