Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Anna Dalassene, Regent of the Byzantine Empire
1030 - 1100 (~ 75 years)-
Name Anna Dalassene Suffix Regent of the Byzantine Empire Birth Between 1025 and 1030 Italy 
[1] Gender Female Death 1 Nov 1100 [1] Alternate death 1102 [1] Person ID I1119 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH Last Modified 6 Jan 2018
Father Alexios Charon Mother (Unknown member of the Dalassena family) Family ID F1748 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ioannis Komnenos, b. Abt 1015 d. 12 Jul 1067 (Age ~ 52 years) Children + 1. Alexios I Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium, b. Between 1048 and 1057 d. 15 Aug 1118 (Age ~ 70 years) + 2. Theodora Komnena, b. Abt 1053 Family ID F995 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Nov 2014
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Notes - "Anna, born ca. 1028, long outlived her husband and after his death ran the family as its undisputed matriarch. Anna became involved in conspiracies against the Doukas family, whom she never forgave for taking the throne in 1059. Later she also played a major role in the successful overthrow of Nikephoros III Botaneiates (r. 1078–81) and the rise of her son Alexios to the throne. After that, and for about fifteen years, she served as the virtual co-ruler of the empire along her son. She then retired to a monastery, where she died in 1100 or 1102." [Wikipedia]
"As empress-mother, she exerted more influence and power than the empress-consort, Irene Doukaina, a woman whom she hated because of past intrigues with the Doukas family." [Wikipedia]
"Under the Komenian dynasty, women continued to not only retain their roles set by previous empresses but made great strides in founding monasteries, patronizing churchmen, theologians and literary figures and being more assertive in imperial administration: most prominent in such roles were Anna Dalassene and her contemporary, Maria of Alania. Anna Dalassena is memorialized in Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party." [Wikipedia]
- "Anna, born ca. 1028, long outlived her husband and after his death ran the family as its undisputed matriarch. Anna became involved in conspiracies against the Doukas family, whom she never forgave for taking the throne in 1059. Later she also played a major role in the successful overthrow of Nikephoros III Botaneiates (r. 1078–81) and the rise of her son Alexios to the throne. After that, and for about fifteen years, she served as the virtual co-ruler of the empire along her son. She then retired to a monastery, where she died in 1100 or 1102." [Wikipedia]
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