Anna Komnene (aka Anna Comnena, 1083-1153 CE) was the eldest daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118 CE) and the author of a lengthy biography of her father's reign, the Alexiad. Although not an impartial history, Anna's position at court, her thorough research of sources and a good measure of pithy observation and insightful opinion have all ensured the Alexiad remains one of the most important and colourful primary sources of Byzantine history.
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1083 - 1153Life of the Byzantine historian Anna Komnene.
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1119Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos banishes his sister Anna Komnene to a monastery.
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c. 1137Byzantine historian Anna Komnene begins her Alexiad.
