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Empress consort of Nicaea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anna Komnene Angelina or Comnena Angelina (Greek: Άννα Κομνηνή Αγγελίνα; c. 1176 – 1212) (not to be confused with Anna Komnene) was Empress consort of Nicaea.[1] She was the daughter of emperor Alexios III Angelos and of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.[2]
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Anna Komnene Angelina | |
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Empress consort of Nicaea | |
Tenure | 1205–1212 |
Born | c. 1176 |
Died | 1212 |
Spouses | Isaac Komnenos Theodore I Laskaris |
Issue |
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Dynasty | Angelos |
Father | Alexios III Angelos |
Mother | Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera |
Her first marriage was to the sebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos Vatatzes, a great-nephew of the emperor Manuel I Komnenos.[3][4][5] They had one daughter, Theodora Angelina. Soon after Anna's father became emperor, in 1195, Isaac Komnenos was dispatched to combat the Uprising of Asen and Peter. He was captured, became a pawn between rival Bulgarian and Vlach factions, and died while imprisoned.[6][7]
Her second marriage to Theodore Laskaris, future emperor of Nicaea, was celebrated in a double wedding in late 1199/early 1200 (the other couple was Anna's sister Irene and Alexios Palaiologos).[8][9][10] In 1205, Theodore Laskaris became emperor of Nicaea.
Anna Angelina died in 1212.[7]
Anna and Isaac had one daughter:
Anna and Theodore had three daughters and two short-lived sons:
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