Person1083–1153
Anna Komnene
Byzantine princess and historian, daughter of Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina, highly educated in literature, philosophy and medicine. After her father's death she is commonly believed to have plotted against her brother John II; widowed around 1137, she lived in the convent of Kecharitomene and around 1148 wrote the Alexiad, the history of her father's reign.
- Dates
- 1 December 1083 – c. 1153
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Balkans and Anatolia (11th–12th c.)
Events
- Anna Komnene writes the Alexiadc. 1148 · Balkans and Anatolia