Anna Comnena (1083–1153)

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Date of birth

1083-12-01

Date of death

1153

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female

Nationality

Byzantium

Country (for map)

Greece

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Constantinople

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pretender to Byzantine throne

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Short biography

Anna was a medieval princess, daughter of the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus of Byzantium and Empress Irene Doukaina. She was extremely well educated by the standards of the time, and wrote the Alexiad, a biography of her father and one of the most important primary sources on the Byzantine empire.

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