Anna of Austria-Tyrol
Archduchess Anna of Austria-Tyrol (* October 4, 1585 in Tyrol ; † December 15, 1618 in Vienna ) was the wife of Emperor Matthias and thus Empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1612 to 1618 .
Life
She was the daughter of Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol and his second wife Anna Caterina von Gonzaga . In 1611 she was married to the future Emperor Matthias. Like her sisters and mother, Anna was extraordinarily devout. Objects that served her personal devotional exercises can be found today in the spiritual treasury in the Vienna Hofburg . She died childless just 3 months before her husband.
Empress Anna stipulated in her will that a Capuchin monastery and crypt should be built in Vienna for her and her husband, Emperor Matthias . This crypt is the still preserved Capuchin crypt , in whose founding crypt she found her final resting place in a sarcophagus on the side of her husband. Empress Anna one of those 41 those "a funeral Isolated " with allocation of her body on all three traditional burial sites Wiener Habsburg ( Kaisergruft , Herzgruft , Herzog crypt received).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Anna von Tirol . No. 28. In: Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 152 ( digitized version ).
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| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Mary of Spain (1528-1603) |
Roman-German Empress 1612 to 1618 |
Eleonora Gonzaga |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anna of Austria-Tyrol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (1612–1619) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1585 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1618 |
| Place of death | Vienna |