Anna of Byzantium
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Anna of Byzantium was a Byzantine noblewoman (+ after 1219), the Princess of Galicia ca 1200 - 1205, and the Grand Princess of Kiev 1203 - 1205.
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Husband
- Roman the Great (* ca 1205, + murdered nr Zavikhvost 19 June 1205), Prince of Novgorod 1168 - 1170, Prince of Volynia 1173 - 1187, 1188 - 1205, Prince of Galicia 1187 - 1188, 1199 - 1205, Grand Prince of Kiev 1203 - 1205
Sons
- Danylo (*1201, +1264), Prince of Galicia 1211 - 1213 and 1229 - 1264, Prince of Volynia 1215 - 1264, crowned by a papal archbishop in Dorohychyn 1253/1255 as the 1st King of Galicia
- Vasilko (* 1203, + 1269), Prince of Belz 1207 - 1211, Prince of Brest 1221 - 1231, Prince of Volhynia 1231 - 1269
Daughters
- Feodora of Galicia (+ after 1200), m. 1187 (div 1188) Vasilko of Galicia
- Maria of Galicia (+ after 1241), m. before 1200 Mikhail of Chernigov and Kiev
See also
External links
Genealogy of Danylo's family (http://genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/rurik9.html)
Historical novel
Anna of Byzantium is also a historical novel by Tracy Barrett originally published in 1999. The novel places Anna Comnena in the convent where she was exiled by her brother and Byzantine emperor John II after her failed attempt to poison him. Anna relates how she was groomed to be the Byzantine empress from birth and how her grandmother, her father Alexius' most trusted advisor, persuaded him to remove Anna from the imperial succession. Anna and her mother the empress Irene unite to ensure that John, Alexius' son, will not rule as the puppet of his grandmother. Upon receiving the throne, John proves he will be manipulated by no one; instead of death, John chooses to exile Anna and Irene.
The manuscript of the Alexiad, which Anna had worked upon in the library at Constantinople, is brought to her to continue at the convent (though in history, she didn't start writing until she arrived there).