Anna Komnene took up her husband's history to preserve the memory of her father's deeds

Summary:
Anna Komnene took up the history that her husband Nikephoros Bryennios had not finished, eager to record the facts of her parents' reign, so that they should not be lost to posterity. She was also deeply moved when writing of her husband, the kaisar Nikephoros Bryennios, and even her betrothed Konstantinos Doukas, who had died half a century earlier. Otherwise, being surrounded by distinguished doctors, she studied medicine and visited the sick 
Dates:
1150: (Uncertain) 
Anna Komnene, daughter of Alexios I and historian (Anna 62)
  • Took up the History that her husband Nikephoros 117 had not finished so that her father's reign should not be lost to posterity (:) Anna Komnene 8.76-80
  • Fearing that time would obliterate the memory of the splendid reign of Alexios 1 and Eirene 61, she wrote about it in the genre of history, eager to record the facts (:) ἐν ἱστορίας εἴδει Tornikes, Georgios 303.13-15
  • As an aging empress, she was surrounded with distinguished doctors, made a considerable study of medicine, and devoted herself to visiting the sick (:) Tornikes, Georgios 307.4-309.24
  • Her life began in the porphyra but went downhill from then; but nothing prepared her for the pain of losing her husband Nikephoros 117 - which still made her weep long after as she wrote about it (:) Anna Komnene 9.94-10.39
Konstantinos Doukas porphyrogennetos, son of Michael VII (Konstantinos 62)
  • There was a plan by his father Michael 7 to marry him to Helena 101, daughter of Robert 61; mention of him caused Anna 62, who would be his later fiancée, to feel profound emotion (:) Anna Komnene 39.70-40.87