Anna Komnene
1083–c. 1153
Byzantine princess who wrote the Alexiad, one of the first histories by a woman.
- Known as
- Historian
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- 1083, Constantinople
- Died
- c. 1153, Constantinople
Alive at the same time as Anna Komnene
- Mahmud al-Kashgari c. 1005–c. 1102, scholar
- Ramanuja c. 1017–c. 1137, philosopher
- Su Shi 1037–1101, poet
- Omar Khayyam 1048–1131, poet
- Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078–1166, mystic
- Peter Abelard 1079–1142, philosopher
- Li Qingzhao 1084–c. 1155, poet
- Bernard of Clairvaux 1090–1153, monk
- Ahmad Yasawi c. 1093–1166, mystic
- Hildegard of Bingen 1098–1179, abbess
- Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141–1209, poet
- Attar of Nishapur c. 1145–c. 1221, poet
Portrait: Unknown, Public domain.