Anna Komnene

Anna Megale Komnene (Modern Greek: Άννα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή, transliterated: Anna Megalē Komnēnē, known also as Anna Hatun, ; 1447 - after 1463) was a Trapezuntine princess and daughter of the last Emperor of Trebizond, David II and his wife Helena Kantakouzene. She became one of the consorts of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror. Biography Her father offered her as a wife to Sultan Mehmed II when he captured Constantinople in 1453, but he refused. However, in 1461, after Mehmed conquered Trebizond, he decided to add Anna to his harem. However, it is improbable that the union was ever consummated: for several generations already, the Ottoman dynasty no longer fathered children with foreign noblewomen, to avoid external interference in the succession. In 1463, Mehmed executed David, three of his sons and his nephew Alexius (son of Alexander of Trebizond and Maria Gattilusio, who later became a consort of Mehmed II) on charges of communicating with the Sultan's enemies Uzun Hasan and his wife Despina Khatun (David's niece as daughter of John IV of Trabzon). Anna was suspected of having facilitated the exchange of letters, but in the end she suffered no consequences.