Person

Anna Komnene

Greek princess, scholar, physician, hospital administrator

b. 1083 CE – d. 1153 CE World The Great Crossroads

Anna Komnene, Latinized as Comnena ( December 1, 1083 – 1153) is a Greek princess, scholar, physician, hospital administrator, and the daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos of Byzantium and Irene Doukaina.

She writes the Alexiad, an account of her father’s reign, which is unique in that it was written by a princess about her father.