Anna Diogenissa ( gr, Ἄννα Διογένισσα; ca. 1074–1145) was a
Byzantine noblewoman of the Diogenes house who became the
Grand Princess consort of Serbia as wife of
Uroš I Vukanović __NOTOC__
Uroš ( sr-Cyrl, Урош) is a South Slavic given or last name primarily spread amongst Serbs, and Slovenians (mostly of Serbian descent). This noun has been interpreted as "lords", because it usually appears in conjunction with ''velmõ ...
(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
Constantinople the year after the death of her father
Constantine Diogenes
Constantine Diogenes ( gr, Κωνσταντῖνος Διογένης; died 1032) was a prominent Byzantine general of the early 11th century, active in the Balkans. He served with distinction in the final stages of the Byzantine conquest of Bul ...
at
Antioch in 1074.
[Cawley, Charles (2010). ''Medieval Lands, Byzantium, Diogenes, Emperor 1068-1071] Her mother was Theodora Komnene, a daughter of the powerful noblewoman
Anna Dalassena and
John Komnenos, and hence sister to the future emperor
Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118).
Her paternal grandparents were
Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071) and
Anna of Bulgaria
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221)
...
.
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
Vukan following the capture of
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 (d. after 1166)
*
Beloš
*
Helena, Queen of Hungary and Croatia (d. after 1146), married King
Béla II of Hungary
*
Marija
Marija is a feminine given name, a variation of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek names Μαριαμ, or Mariam, and Μαρια, or Maria, found in the New Testament. Depending on phonological rules concerning consecuti ...
, married Conrad II, Grand Duke of
Znojmo, mother of
Helen of Znojmo
Helena of Znojmo ( cs, Helena Znojemská; pl, Helena znojemska; c. 1141–1202/1206), was a Bohemian princess, a member of the Přemyslid dynasty. She was the daughter of Duke Conrad II of Znojmo and his Serbian wife Maria of Rascia (daughter of ...
Possible child of Anna and Uroš:
*
Zavida, Lord of Ribnica
There is not much information in the available sources on the life of Anna, and this lack includes the date of her death. Charles Cawley in his ''Medieval Lands'' derived what little information he has from ''
Europäische Stammtafeln''.
See also
*
List of Serbian consorts
References
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