Anna Isakaz

Anna of Tharratima (901-8 October 957), was Queen consort of Hsindra and Bekinla as the second wife of King Isacca IV. Her daughter, Anna I, later succeeded the throne.

She changed her name to "Anna Isakaz" (Standard Balish: Anna Isatalla; Ransuech: Anne Isatalle) to express her love towards Isacca IV, which was her most known name. Anna was keen on politics, and later disagreed with her husband over the issue of heir. When Anna was accused of killing her husband's ex-wife, Rechi Chudan, Isacca IV refused to protect her, so she fled to the territory of Henther d'Enztal, the high priest of Wonpeson. After the death of Isacca IV, she did not hesitate to launch a war in order to promote her daughter Anna I to the throne, but she died soon after. It is generally believed that she was poisoned by d'Enztal, her son-in-law's supporter.

Queen of Hsindra
Anna is the descendant of the imperial family of house of Uton. Her father Jodhar Uton, the Count of Tharratima, is the descendant of Alan, Count of Tharratima, the second son of Kyawswa II the Incompetent, and her mother is Madhri of Limgoo.

In 918, the marriage of Isacca IV, king of Hsindra, and Rechi Chudan, Queen of Mie State, was annulled because Rechi Chudan was accused of adultery and was not a virgin at the time of marriage. In 920, Isacca IV heard that Anna was beautiful, so he sent Maha Boduya, the leader of the Golden Durian Guard, to Baland to observe Anna's appearance and behavior. The message that Maha Boduya brought back satisfied Isacca IV, so he wrote to Jodhar Uton and made a marriage contract with Anna. On 29 July of the same year, Anna arrived in Hsindra by boat and married Isacca IV in the port city of Bkanda. On 2 August, they arrived in Farisavey, the second largest city in Hsindra, where the king and queen toured together. Three days later, they went to Poyisha, the capital of the kingdom of Bekinla. Anna was officially crowned Queen of Hsindra and Bekinla at the palace of Poyisha.

Anna was described as a loyal wife in the early days of marriage, who always supported her husband and would not oppose him in anything. Anna herself claimed that she loved her husband deeply, and according to her own account, she fell in love with Isacca when she first met him. However, many people have doubted this. They think Anna is a real careerist. Her humility and love for Isacca IV is just her means. The tragic experience of her husband's former wife may give her a warning.

Anna and Isacca once had a good relationship. They had nine children, but unfortunately, all eight sons died young, and their only daughter Anna grew up, which meant that Princess Anna was the presumed successor to the throne of Hsindra. Isacca IV was reluctant to let a girl rule Hsindra, probably because he witnessed the tragedy of his ex-wife ruling a country. In 950, Isacca IV arranged for his daughter Anna to marry the second in line successor to the throne, namely her cousin, Minyaung of Rangaing, and immediately announced that Minyaung was his successor, while Princess Anna could only become queen consort with her husband's accession to the throne in the future, which was equivalent to depriving Princess Anna of her right of inheritance. This aroused the dissatisfaction of Anna Isakaz, and a considerable number of nobles also expressed their opposition. Since then, the relationship between Isacca IV and Queen Anna had become worse and worse.

Persecution of Rechi Chudan
Anna Isakaz is considered to be one of the main promoters of the persecution of her husband's ex-wife and the ultimate tragedy of Queen Rechi Chudan. They have never met each other. No one knows Anna's motive for persecuting Rechi Chudan. Anna used her power and influence as Queen of Hsindra to secretly fund the opponents of Rechi Chudan in Mie.

When Aboya coerced Rechi Chudan to abdicate, he got support from Anna, who also actively persuaded her husband to recognize Aboya as the king. The tragic situation of Rechi Chudan after being deposed was also inspired by Anna, but after Aboya got the throne, he ignored Anna. According to the accusations against Anna at that time, she wrote to Aboya many times to ask him to kill Rechi Chudan, but Aboya was obviously no longer willing to put Mie under the influence of Hsindra, and he also felt that there was no need to persecute a queen who had been deposed and could not restore, so he ignored Anna's request.

In 951, Rechi Chudan died in exile in Kianju. Many people believed that Anna poisoned her, although there was no direct evidence. Some opponents of Isacca took the opportunity to attack Anna, accusing her of killing the former monarch of Mie and the former queen of Hsindra. At this time, Isacca and Anna's relationship had broken down, so he did not defend his wife, but announced that he would not shelter Anna. In desperation, Anna had to flee to Wonpeson to seek the protection of high priest Henther d'Enztal.

Defence of her daughter's right of inheritance
After Anna fled to Wonpeson, she still did not give up fighting for her daughter's succession to the throne. Her protector, d'Enztal, was a supporter of her son-in-law Minyaung. Under d'Enztal's persuasion, Anna reached a reconciliation with her husband and announced that she supported Minyaung as the heir in exchange for her husband not to annull their marriage. In secret, Anna contacted the nobles and asked them to support her daughter, Princess Anna of Hsindra, the first heiress presumptive to the throne.

On 22 March 957, when Isacca IV died, Anna took the opportunity to return to the palace for mourning, and dispatched troops to encircle the capital Moranka to prevent her son-in-law Minyaung from entering the palace, and arranged for her daughter Princess Anna to ascend the throne. But just two days later, Minyaung's army entered Moranka. Anna immediately announced that her daughter was the queen, and quickly fled to Poyisha with her daughter. On 2 April, Anna negotiated with Minyaung on behalf of her daughter. Minyaung proposed that he ascend the throne as king of Hsindra, and Princess Anna could become queen of Bekinla. However, Anna Isakaz disagreed. She insisted that her daughter must be queen of Hsindra and Bekinla. No agreement was reached in this negotiation.

On 13 April, Anna Isakaz fought again in Budhammarama. Her army won a temporary victory, and Minyaung was forced to withdraw from Moranka, which made him unable to ascend the throne because Fabio III stipulated in 791 that King of Hsindra must ascend the throne in Moranka. In June, the two armies fought again, but no one took advantage, so neither Princess Anna nor Minyaung could enter Moranka. In this way, the two sides confronted each other until October. It was said that Princess Anna once asked her mother and husband to reconcile, but her mother insisted that she ascended the throne.

In October, d'Enztal surrendered to Anna Isakaz. Because d'Enztal had protected her in the past, she had no doubt about him. She immediately returned to Wonpeson and was ready to attack Minyaung with d'Enztal's troops. However, on the 8th of that month, Anna Isakaz died suddenly. The cause of her death is unknown, but many people think that d'Enztal poisoned her, because d'Enztal had always been a supporter of Minyaung, and he surrendered to Anna just to set up a scam to eradicate her.

The death of Anna Isakaz promoted the reconciliation between Princess Anna and Minyaung, but it was only Princess Anna's strategy. After successfully entering Moranka with her husband, she left her husband to ascend the throne alone as Queen Anna I of Hsindra and Bekinla, and declared Minyaung to be the co-ruling king of Hsindra and Bekinla, namely Minyaung V of Hsindra and Minyaung III of Bekinla. Seeing that the result was certain, and he could also rule as king, Minyaung did not oppose his wife any more.

Anna I held the funeral for her parents on 19 January 958, and defended her mother, claiming that she had never poisoned Rechi Chudan. Anna Isakaz and her husband Isacca IV were buried together in the Palace of Boli Yeri, and their coffins were transferred to the Horkan Temple in 1473.