Anna of Austria (1432–1462)
Anna of Austria (born April 12, 1432 in Vienna , † November 13, 1462 in Eckartsberga ) was an Austrian princess and by marriage Duchess of Saxony , Landgrave of Thuringia and Duchess of Luxembourg .
Life
Anna was the eldest child of the Roman-German King Albrecht II (1397–1439) from his marriage to Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Hungary (approx. 1409–1442), daughter of Emperor Sigismund .
On June 20, 1446, Anna married Duke Wilhelm III in Jena at the age of 14 . of Saxony (1425–1482). Anna renounced Austria, but explicitly not Bohemia , Hungary and the other countries of Albrecht II. His mother-in-law gave Wilhelm her rights to the Duchy of Luxembourg, which he had already occupied in 1441, but was driven out again by the Duke of Burgundy . He had to cede his claims to Bohemia to Georg von Podiebrad . After the death of Anna's brother Ladislaus Postumus in 1457, he called himself Wilhelm Duke of Luxembourg.
Wilhelm expelled Anna after an unhappy marriage and turned to his lover Katharina von Brandenstein. Anna was kept at the Eckartsburg until her death . She once tried to return to her husband, who is said to have thrown a wooden shoe in her face in greeting and immediately sent her back.
Shortly after Anna's death, Wilhelm married Katharina von Brandenstein in July 1463. Anna was buried in the Reinhardsbrunn monastery .
progeny
From her marriage to Wilhelm Anna had two daughters:
- Margaret (1449–1501)
- ⚭ 1476 Elector Johann Cicero of Brandenburg (1455–1499)
- Catherine (1453–1534)
- ⚭ 1471 Duke Heinrich the Elder J. von Münsterberg (1452–1492)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (1432–1462) . No. 22. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 150 ( digitized version ).
- Eberhard Holtz, Michael Lindner, Peter Moraw: Acculturation and self-assertion p. 336 ( digitized version )
- Hermann Meynert: History of Austria, its peoples and countries , Volumes 1–2, p. 329 ( digitized version )
- Eduard Maria von Lichnowsky: History of the House of Habsburg , p. 3 f. ( Digitized version )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph Chmel, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Lanz: Monumenta habsburgica: Collection of acts and letters to ..., Volume 1 , p. 80
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anna of Austria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Saxony, Duchess of Luxembourg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1432 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1462 |
| Place of death | Eckartsberga |