Anna Diogenissa
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Anna Ана | |
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Grand Princess of Serbia | |
Tenure | ca. 1112–1145 |
Born | before 1075 Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Spouses | Uroš I of Serbia |
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Father | Constantine Diogenes (son of Romanos IV) |
Mother | Theodora Komnene |
Anna Diogenissa (
Byzantine noblewoman of the Diogenes house who became the Grand Princess consort of Serbia as wife of Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia (r. 1112–1145). She had five children with Uroš I, including the successor, Uroš II
(r. 1145–1162).
Life
Anna Diogenissa was born in the Byzantine capital
Anna Dalassena and John Komnenos, and hence sister to the future emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118).[citation needed] Her paternal grandparents were Romanos IV Diogenes
(r. 1068–1071) and Anna of Bulgaria.
It is not recorded when Anna married Uroš I, the Serbian Grand Prince, who reigned from ca. 1112 to 1145. It most likely took place during Urošʻs captivity in Byzantium, where he had been sent as a hostage by his uncle
Lipljan
in 1094 by the troops of Alexios I Komnenos. Uroš is credited with having unified most of the Serbian territories after retaking them from Byzantine occupation. Rascia was the first independent state of the Serbs which had been formed in the 8th century.
Together they had at least five children:
- Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia
- Desa
- Beloš
- Helena, Queen of Hungary and Croatia[1] (d. after 1146), married King Béla II of Hungary
- Helen of Znojmo
Possible child of Anna and Uroš:
Marija of Rascia |
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References
- ISBN 9789630515184.
- ^ Željko Fajfrić (2006). Istorija Srba.