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Also Known As Anna Komnene
Born December 2, 1083
Died c.1153
House / Dynasty Comnenus family
Notable Family Members mother Irene Ducas
Subjects Of Study Alexius I Comnenus • Byzantine Empire • First Crusade
Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
Alexius I Comnenus
Byzantine emperor
Procopius
Byzantine historian
John VI Cantacuzenus, detail from an illuminated manuscript, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Gr. 1242).
John VI Cantacuzenus
Byzantine emperor
Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
Nicephorus Gregoras
Byzantine scholar
George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
Nicetas Choniates
Byzantine historian
Nicephorus Bryennius
Byzantine statesman and historian
Irene Ducas
Irene Ducas
Byzantine empress [1066-1120]
George the Monk
Byzantine historian
Laonicus Chalcocondyles
Byzantine historian
Michael Critobulus
Turkish historian
John Cinnamus
Byzantine historian
George Sphrantzes
Byzantine historian
John Scylitzes
Byzantine historian
Joseph Genesius
Byzantine scholar
Menander Protector
Byzantine historian
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
British historian
J.B. Bury
British scholar
George Finlay
British historian

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