... Anna Dalassena was too delighted at the downfall of her enemies , the Ducae , to begrudge her help or refuse her sympathy to the new régime . The entire family were thus in great favour at the Palace . Anna Dalassena married her ...
... Anna Dalassena had been fiercely disappointed when her husband , John Comnenus , had refused the crown from his abdicating brother Isaac . Resentful of the Ducases , who succeeded instead , Anna Dalassena intrigued , cultivated ...
... Anna Dalassena had been fiercely disappointed when her husband , John Comnenus , had refused the crown from his abdi- cating brother Isaac . Resentful of the Ducases , who succeeded instead , Anna Dalassena intrigued , cultivated ...
... Anna Dalassena , the mother of Alexios I Komnenos , receded because of Basil the Bogomil . The emperor's brother Isaakios and Empress Dowager Anna Dalassena oversaw domestic affairs in Constantinople , while Alexios was busy fighting ...
... Anna Dalassena demanded the resignation of Patriarch Cosmas . Her granddaughter writes with astuteness that " the holy man was not blind to these machinations " and swore that he would not resign until Irene received the crown from his ...
... Anna Dalassena more numerous , but the nobility of Europe and that of Asia Minor , between whom was a deadly hatred , so neutralised each other as to hinder the majority of these attempts from coming to any result . It was at this ...
... Anna Dalassena . This lady had seen with regret her husband's refusal of the crown , and when the responsibility for the family interests fell upon her she used every effort to obtain a repetition of the lost opportunity . In her eyes ...
Anna Dalassena was behind every important move of her children . It was she who called the Patriarch Cosmas to help quiet Alexios's conscience about the sack of Constantinople when he and his troops pillaged their way into the capital ...
... Anna Dalassena . This lady had seen with regret her husband's refusal of the crown , and when the responsibility for the family interests fell upon her she used every effort to obtain a repetition of the lost opportunity . In her eyes ...
1 Women Negotiating in Internal Affairs 1.1 The Matriarch Anna Dalassena and other Female Involvement Probably the best example of an able woman negotiator of the times is the well-known case of Anna Dalassena mother of Alexios I. She ...