Birthdate: December 1, 1083

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Porphyra Chamber, Great Palace of Constantinople, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

Died: 1153 AD

Daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, Anna Komnene is best remembered for writing Alexiad, a genuine treatise of the life and times of her father. She had written the book while imprisoned at the Kecharitomene Monastery, after a failed attempt to depose her brother, John II Komnenos.