Comnena, Anna

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• Anna Komnene — Porphyrogenita of the Byzantine Empire Spouse Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger Issue Alexios Komnenos, Megas doux John Doukas Irene Doukaina Maria Bryennaina Komnene Full name Anna Komnene Greek …   Wikipedia

• Anna Comnena — • Byzantine historian, eldest daughter of Alexius Comnenus, Emperor of Constantinople (1081 1118) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Anna Comnena     Anna Comnena      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• anna — /ah neuh/, n. 1. a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960. 2. a former cupronickel coin of India, the 16th part of a rupee. [1720 30; < Hindi ana] * * * (as used in expressions) Akhmatova Anna Anna… …   Universalium

• Anna — /an euh/, n. 1. Douay Bible. Hannah. 2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning grace. * * * (as used in expressions) Akhmatova Anna Anna Andreyevna Gorenko Anna Comnena Anna Ivanovna Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulos Freud Anna… …   Universalium

• Anna Comnena — (Anna Komnena) (1083–ca. 1155)    Anna Comnena was the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Alexis I Comnenus, and is often considered the world’s first female historian. She is best known as the author of the Alexiad, a 15 book history of her… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Anna Komnene — Anna Komnena (griechisch Anna Komniní Ἄννα Κομνηνή, * 2. Dezember 1083 in Konstantinopel; † ca. 1154) war eine byzantinische Historikerin und das älteste von sieben Kindern des byzantinischen Kaisers Alexios I. Komnenos und seiner Frau Irene… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Anna Komnena — (griechisch Anna Komniní Ἄννα Κομνηνή, * 2. Dezember 1083 in Konstantinopel; † ca. 1154) war eine byzantinische Geschichtsschreiberin und das älteste von sieben Kindern des byzantinischen Kaisers Alexios I. Komnenos und seiner Frau Irene… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• ANNA Comnena — filia alexii Comneni Imperatoris eruditione insigni praefulgens. Scripsit historiam Patris sui 15. libris comprehensam, nuper a Iohan. Gronovio publici iuris factam. Vide de illa Zonaram …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• Anna Comnena — born Dec. 2, 1083 died с 1153 Byzantine historian. Daughter of the emperor Alexius I Comnenus, she conspired with her mother against her brother John II Comnenus; when the plot was discovered, she was forced to enter a convent. There she wrote… …   Universalium

• Anna of Byzantium (novel) — infobox Book | name = Anna of Byzantium orig title = translator = image caption = 1st edition cover author = Tracy Barrett cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Historical publisher = Delacorte Press Books for …   Wikipedia