Anna Comnena, 1083-ab

1150. Daughter of Alexius I. She married Nicephorus Bryennius, and conspired against her brother John, then emperor, who spared her life. At 60 she entered a convent and wrote a life of her father, 1069-1118. Anna Ivanovna, b.1693. Empre of Ru ia 1730-40. Her reign is noted for the atrocious tyranny of her creature Biren.