Anna Dalassena

Anna, acting as regent for her son Alexios, was frequently more or less in control of the Byzantine Empire.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1030.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cheynet and Vannier.

Date of Death: 1 November, shortly after 1100.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the PBW, citing Christos Philanthropos, note 9, and by Cheynet.

Place of Burial: the monastery of Pantopopte.

The place is given by Cheynet and Vannier.

Relationships

Father: Alexios Charon. He was a Byzantine official in southern Italy.

This relationship is given by Varzos (p. 51), by Cheynet and Vannier, by Krsmanović, and by the PBW, citing Bryennios 77.13, 77.18, and Anna Komnene 105.60.

Mother: a daughter of Adrianos Dalassenos.

This relationship is given by Varzos (p. 51) and by Cheynet and Vannier.

Spouse: Ioannes Komnenos.

This relationship is given by Radić, by Varzos (p. 51), by Cheynet and Vannier, by Krsmanović, and by the PBW, citing Bryennios 77.18.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Manuel married a relative of Romanos Diogenes.

Maria (born about 1045) married Mikhael Taronites.

Isaakios.

Evdokia married Nikeforos Melissenos.

Theodora married Konstantinos Diogenes.

Alexios (died 15 August 1118), later Emperor Alexios I, married (1) a daughter of someone surnamed Argyros; married (2) Irene Doukaina.

Adrianos (died 19 April 1105) married Zoe Doukaina.

Nikeforos.

References

Cawley, Charles. “ANNA Dalassena” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cheynet, Jean-Claude and Jean-François Vannier. Études Prosopographiques (Byzantina Sorbenensia 5, 1986). 

Krsmanović, Bojana. "Dalassenoi", Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor URL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=7622> [accessed 10 February 2018]

M. Jeffreys et al., Prosopography of the Byzantine World (2011) “Anna Dalassene” http://db.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw2011/entity/person/106273 [consulted 31 July 2014].

Radić, Radivoj, "Komnenian dynasty (1081-1185)", 2008, Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Constantinople

Varzos (Barzos), Konstantinos. Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών. The Centre for Byzantine Studies of the School of Philosophy, University of Thessaloniki:1984.