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