Anna Philanthropene
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Anna Philanthropene (Greek: Άννα Φιλανθρώπινη; fl. 1395–1404) was the second Empress consort of Manuel III of Trebizond.
Anna was the daughter of Manuel Angelos Philanthropenos, Caesar and governor of Thessaly.[1] Manuel ruled Thessaly from c. 1390 until it was conquered by Bayezid I of the Ottoman Empire in 1394.
Her paternal grandfather, or more likely uncle, was Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos, also a Caesar, who was governor of Thessaly from c. 1373 to 1390. Her maternal grandmother, or more likely aunt-in-law, was Maria Radoslava.[citation needed]