Anna Komnene
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Anna Komnene, commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine Greek princess and historian. She is the author of the Alexiad, an account of the reign of her father, Byzantine emperor Alexios I Kom
"Anna Komnene" by Ctesse Drohojowska (1852)
John II, Anna's brother and Alexios I's successor to the imperial throne.
Anna Komnene's Alexiad (12th century manuscript, Laurentian Library)
Irene Doukaina
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Irene Doukaina or Ducaena was a Byzantine empress by marriage to the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She was the mother of Emperor John II Komnenos and the historian Anna Komnene. She was initia
Anna Komnene
…However, there is no contemporary evidence of Anna's involvement in any assassination attempt. Anna was born on 1 December 1083 to Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Her father, Alexios I Komnenos, became emperor in 1081, after usurping the previous Byzantine Emperor, Nikephoros Botaneiates. Her mother, Irene…
Probable representation of Irene Doukaina from the Pala d'Oro in St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy