Double wedding of two sons of Anna Komnene & Nikephoros Bryennios

Summary:
Alexios and Ioannes, the two sons of Anna Komnene and Nikephoros Bryennios were married at the same time in a double wedding. This was one of the first tasks Anna had to undertake after losing and mourning her father. Theodora, the bride of Ioannes, was transplanted to Constantinople from her homeland, where she was of royal blood, by Eirene Doukaina, Anna and Nikephoros 
Dates:
1122 
Anna Komnene, daughter of Alexios I and historian (Anna 62)
  • She was one of those who helped to replant Theodora 25001 from her homeland, where she was of royal blood, to Constantinople, where she married Ioannes 17007 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXIX.42-45
  • The marriages of her children (a demanding task, if imperial blood was not to be diluted) were among the first tasks she had to undertake without Alexios 1, making decisions for the first time without his guidance (:) Tornikes, Georgios 271.18-273.19
Eirene Doukaina, wife of Alexios I (Eirene 61)
  • She was one of those who helped to replant Theodora 25001 from her homeland, where she was of royal blood, to Constantinople, where she married Ioannes 17007 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXIX.36-41
Nikephoros Bryennios, kaisar, husband of Anna Komnene (Nikephoros 117)
  • He was one of those who helped to replant Theodora 25001 from her homeland, where she was of royal blood, to Constantinople, where she married Ioannes 17007 (:) Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXXIX.46-50
Theodora, wife of Ioannes, son of Nikephoros Bryennios (Theodora 25001)