Anna Komnene Angelina

Anna Komnene Angelina or Comnena Angelina (c. 1176 – 1212) was an Empress of Nicaea. She was the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos and of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.

Anna Komnene Angelina
Empress consort of Nicaea
Tenure1205–1212
Bornc.1176
Died1212
SpouseIsaac Komnenos
Theodore I Laskaris
FatherAlexios III Angelos
MotherEuphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera

Life

Her first marriage was to the sebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos Vatatzes, a great-nephew of the emperor Manuel I Komnenos. They had one daughter, Theodora Angelina. Soon after Anna's father became emperor, in 1195, Isaac Komnenos was dispatched to combat the Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion. He was captured, became a pawn between rival Bulgarian and Vlach factions, and died in chains.

Her second marriage to Theodore Laskaris, eventually emperor of Nicaea, was celebrated in a double wedding in early 1200 (the other couple was Anna's sister Irene and Alexios Palaiologos).

Issue

Anna and Isaac had one daughter:

Anna and Theodore had three daughters and two short-lived sons:

Sources

  • Varzos, Konstantinos (1984). Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών [The Genealogy of the Komnenoi] (PDF) (in Greek). B. Thessaloniki: Centre for Byzantine Studies, University of Thessaloniki. OCLC 834784665.
  • Choniates, Nicetas (1984). O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniatēs. Translated by Harry J. Magoulias. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1764-2., pages 259, 274, and 280.
  • Angold, Michael (2011). "The Latin Empire of Constantinople, 1204–1261: Marriage Strategies". Identities and Allegiances in the Eastern Mediterranean after 1204. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 47–68.
  • Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Anna Komnene Angelina
Born: c. 1176 Died: 1212
Royal titles
Preceded by
Margaret of Hungary
Empress consort of Nicaea
1204–1212
Succeeded by
Philippa of Armenia
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
None
 TITULAR 
Byzantine Empress consort in exile
1204–1212
Reason for succession failure:
Constantinopole captured by Latin Crusaders in 1204
Succeeded by
Philippa of Armenia


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