Anna Dalassene

Anna Dalassene
Augusta
Bornc. 1025/30
Died1 November 1100/02
Noble familyDalassenos
Spouse(s)John Komnenos
IssueManuel
Maria
Isaac
Eudokia
Theodora
Alexios I
Adrianos
Nikephoros
FatherAlexios Charon
MotherUnknown daughter of Adrianos Dalassenos

Anna Dalassene (Greek: Ἄννα Δαλασσηνή; ca. 1025/30 – 1 November 1100/02) was an important Byzantine noblewoman who played a significant role in the rise to power of the Komnenoi in the eleventh century. She exercised great influence over her son, the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who gave her the title Augusta. She also administered the empire as regent during his many absences from Constantinople on long military campaigns during the early part of his reign. 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 Doukai.