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Birth:          ABT 1074 Constantinople
Death:          1145 

Notes
b bef 1093
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Diogenissa
Anna Diogenissa (ca. 1074–1145) was a Byzantine noblewoman of the Diogenes house 
who became the Grand Princess consort of Serbia as wife of Uroš I Vukanovic (r. 
1112–1145). She had five children with Uroš I, including the successor, Uroš II (r. 
1145-1162).

Family and marriage[edit]

Anna Diogenissa was born in the Byzantine capital Constantinople sometime before or, 
at the latest, nine months after the death of her father Constantine Diogenes at 
Antioch in 1074.[1] Her mother was Theodora Komnene, a daughter of the powerful 
noblewoman Anna Dalassena and John Komnenos, and hence sister to the future 
emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118).[1] Her paternal grandparents were 
Romanos IV Diogenes (r. 1068–1071) and Anna of Bulgaria.

It is not recorded when Anna married Uroš I, the Serbian Grand Prince, who reigned 
from ca. 1112 to 1145. It most likely took place during Uroš' captivity in Byzantium, 
where he had been sent as a hostage by his uncle Vukan following the capture of 
Lipljan in 1094 by the troops of Alexios I Komnenos. Uroš is credited with having 
unified most of the Serbian territories after retaking them from Byzantine occupation. 
Rascia was the first independent state of the Serbs which had been formed in the 8th 
century.

Together they had at least five children:
Uroš II, Serbian Grand Prince (d. after 1161)
Desa (d. after 1166), married and had one daughter
Beloš, married and had one daughter
Jelena (d. after 1146), married King Béla II of Hungary, by whom she had five children.
Marija, married Conrad II, Grand Duke of Znojmo, mother of Helen of Znojmo

Possible child of Anna and Uroš:
Zavida, Lord of Ribnica[1]

There is not much information in the available sources on the life of Anna Diogenissa, 
and this lack includes the date of her death. Charles Cawley in his Medieval Lands 
derived what little information he has from Europäische Stammtafeln.

Parents
DIOGENES Konstantios (ABT 1050 - 1074)
KOMNENA Theodora (ABT 1053 - )

Siblings
DIOGENISSA Anna (ABT 1074 - 1145)

Marriage To ____ Uros (Bejela) I (ABT 1089 - ABT 1145)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Marko (ABT 1060 - )
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Children by ____ Uros (Bejela) I ABT 1089 - ABT 1145
NEMANJICS Ilona (Jelena) (Jereha) (Helena) (ABT 1115 - 1157)

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