Anna 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | E/M VIII |
| Dates | 715 (taq) / 717 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 443 |
| Locations | Constantinople (residence); Constantinople; Chora (Monastery of the, Constantinople) (exileplace) |
| Textual Sources | Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history); Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle); Vita Michaelis Syncelli (BHG 1296), ed. M. Cunningham, The Life of Michael Synkellos , Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations 1 (Belfast, 1991) (hagiography) |
Anna 1 was the daughter of Leo III (Leo 3); she was betrothed to Artabasdos 1, apparently during the reign of Theodosios III (Theodosios 2), in order to strengthen the ties between her father and Artabasdos 1: Theoph. AM 6207 (unnamed). She married Artabasdos 1 after her father Leo 3 became emperor in 717: Theoph. AM 6209. She was the daughter of the emperor Leo III (Leo 3), sister of the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7), wife of Artabasdos 1, and mother of Nikephoros 4 and Niketas 4 (or possibly just of Nikephoros, see Nikephoros 4): Nic. Brev. de Boor 59, Mango 64, Theoph. AM 6232.
Sister of the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7) and wife of the emperor Artabasdos 1; she was banished with her husband and their nine children to the monastery of the Chora, after Constantine V (Konstantinos 7) had removed the monastic community and converted it to a lodging house for laymen: Vita Mich. Sync. 28. She was presumably the daughter of Maria 3. See also Rochow, Konstantin V, p. 201.
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