A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Ann of Savoy

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ANN OF SAVOY,

Was the daughter of Amadeus the Fifth, count of Savoy, who married Andronicus the Younger, emperor of Constantinople, and was crowned empress 1326. By some historians she is called Joanna, but is generally known by the name of Anna, Empress of Constantinople. Her arrival in that city with a splendid retinue of knights from Savoy and Piedmont, was the occasion of great festivity. The Italian knights displayed their skill in hunting, tilting, and other manly exercises, much to the delight of the Byzantines, who were by them taught the practice of tournaments. The empress Anna appears to have been benevolent and fond of justice, and to have exercised a beneficial influence over her husband.