Inger 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| PmbZ No. | 2683 |
| Variant Names | Inker |
| Textual Sources | Genesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history); Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history) |
Inger 1 was the father of Eudokia 2 (mistress of Michael III (Michael 11), and later wife of Basil I (Basilios 7)): Leo Gramm. 230, 252, Georg. Mon. Cont. 816, 838, Ps.-Symeon 655, 686. Father of Eudokia 2; he was of noble family and had a reputation for wisdom: Theoph. Cont. V 16 (p. 235) (ὴ θυγάτηρ ἐτύγχανε τοῦ παρὰ πάντων ἐπ' εὐγενείᾳ καὶ φρονήσει λαλουμένου τότε τοῦ Ἴγγερος). His unnamed daughter (i.e. Eudokia 2) married Basilios 7 (the future emperor): Genesius IV 26. On his name and origins, see Mango, "Eudocia Ingerina", pp. 18ff.
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