Ana Vukanovià(); â died 22 June 1200) was the princess consort of the Serbian Principality as the wife of Stefan Nemanja (). She was of noble descent from VukanoviÃÂ's. Ana took monastic vows in 1196 and was tonsured as Anastasia, after Anastasia of Sirmium.
She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, especially in the Serbian Orthodox Church, where she is known as Saint Anastasia () with her feast day being commemorated on 21 June (on the Julian Calendar).
Theories of origin
Her origins have never been concluded. The earliest source mentioning her origin was Domentijan ( â after 1264), who said of her: "a great princess, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Romanos", only Romanos IV Diogenes ruled from 1068 to 1071, making this genealogy impossible.
- Mavro Orbini, writing in 1601, mentioned her as a daughter of the Ban of Bosnia. He perhaps mixed her up with the wife of Prince Miroslav, who was the sister of Ban Kulin. However this is not supported by any sources.
- Jovan RajiÃÂ thought Ana was the daughter of Ban BoriÃÂ, although this is not supported by any sources. Vaso GluÃ
¡ac believed her to have been the sister of Ban BoriÃÂ.
- Simeon BogdanoviÃÂâÂÂSiniÃ
¡a claimed that Ana was the daughter of Ban BoriÃÂ, however, he wrongly thought that Boriàand Boris Kalamanos were the same person (when in fact, Boris died in 1154, and Boriàwas alive in 1163), thus Ana, based on this assumption, would have been the daughter of Boris.
- Justin PopoviÃÂ mentioned her to have been the daughter of Manuel I Komnenos, who after the conflict with UroÃ
¡ II of Serbia wed of his daughter to him in order to make peace.
- Other theories include her being a Hungarian princess or "Frankish" (French) princess.
Marriage and descendants
Through her marriage with Stefan Nemanja, they had three sons and three daughters:
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