Maria Komnene was the eldest daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos by his first wife, Bertha of Sulzbach. She was known as the Porphyrogennete (Πορφυρογέννητη) or Porphyrogenita because she had been "born in the Purple Chamber", i.e. born in the Palace at Constantinople to the wife of a reigning emperor.
- Occupation
- politician
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Born
- March 1152
- Died
- July 1182
