Anna of Austria (1573–1598)
Anna of Austria (born August 16, 1573 in Graz , † February 10, 1598 in Warsaw ) from the house of the Habsburgs was an Archduchess of Austria and by marriage Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania ; since 1592 also Queen of Sweden .
Life
Anna was the eldest daughter of Archduke Karl II of Austria-Styria (1540–1590) from his marriage to Maria Anna (1551–1608), daughter of the Bavarian Duke Albrecht V.
On May 31, 1592 Anna of Austria-Styria married the Polish and later Swedish King Sigismund III in Krakow . Wasa (1566–1632), only son of King John III. of Sweden and his first wife Katharina , sister of the Polish king Sigismund II August .
Anna died as a result of the birth of her last child and was buried in the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow . According to the inscription on her coffin, she should have been born in 1567, four years before her parents got married. After the death of his wife, Sigismund entered into a new marriage with Anna's sister Konstanze .
progeny
Anna's marriage had five children, with only one child reaching adulthood:
- Anna Maria (1593-1600)
- Katharina (* / † 1594)
- Władysław IV. Wasa (1595–1648), King of Poland, Russian Tsar
- ⚭ 1. 1637 Archduchess Cäcilia Renata of Austria (1611–1644)
- ⚭ 2. 1645 Princess Luisa Maria Gonzaga (1611–1667)
- Catherine (1596–1597)
- Christopher (* / † 1598)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Anna of Austria (Queen of Poland) . No. 27. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 151 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Binder: Allgemeine Realencyclopädie or Conversationslexicon for Catholic Germany , Volume 12, p. 965
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Austria Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments: Mittheilungen of the KK Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments , Volume 10, Gerold, 1865, p. 79
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Jagiellonica | Queen of Poland 1592–1598 |
Constanze of Austria |
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gunilla Bielke |
Queen of Sweden 1592–1598 |
Christine of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anna of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anna of Austria-Styria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Sweden and Poland-Lithuania |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1573 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1598 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |