Who is Anna Comnena from the nonfiction book, The Alexiad of Anna Comnena?

Anna Comnena (also known as Anna Komnene) is the author of the book and the daughter of Emperor Alexius and Empress Irene Doukaina. She lived from 1083 to 1153 A.D. She was not only a princess but a scholar. She was born in the palace in Constantinople and was Alexius's oldest child. She studied Greek philosophy, history, math, science and so on. She was perhaps the most educated female in the world.