Anna of Braunschweig

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Anna of Braunschweig († 1432)

Anna von Braunschweig (* around 1390 ; † August 10, 1432 ) was the second wife of Duke Friedrich IV of Austria .

She came from one of the first families of the Holy Roman Empire . Her parents were Duke Friedrich I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg from the House of Welfs (after King Wenzel IV was deposed by the Rhenish electors, he was the candidate for his successor in the negotiations for the election of the king in Frankfurt at the end of May 1400) and Duchess Anna of Saxony from the house of the Ascanians .

In 1410 Anna was married to Duke Friedrich IV of Austria, after the death of his first wife Elisabeth , the marriage was brokered by their father King Ruprecht .

During her marriage, the duchess kept in touch with her family. In April 1421 she met her mother in Ensisheim. In 1425 her sister Katharina stayed in Tyrol for some time. In 1430, 1431 and 1432 she was visited by her cousin, Duke Wilhelm I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Calenberg) .

There is no evidence of political activity in the first few years of their marriage. In June 1414 the Duchess was temporarily in Konstanz, where she personally, albeit unsuccessfully, campaigned for her husband with the king. After her return to Tyrol she stayed until the beginning of 1417 exclusively in southern Tyrol (mostly in Kaltern), formerly owned by Heinrich von Rottenburg .

Between 1418 and 1427/28 Duchess Anna repeatedly took care of political affairs. In the spring of 1419, for example, she intervened in the fighting with the Bishop of Trient and brokered a temporary armistice on behalf of Friedrich, who was traveling to the inner Austrian states at that time. From summer 1419 to autumn 1421 she carried out sales, pledges, awards, foundations and other political activities as his representative together with some councilors in the fore lands (Alsace, Swabia).

From her marriage to Friedrich she had two daughters and two sons.

  1. Margarethe (1423 - June 9, 1424)
  2. Hedwig (1424 - February 21, 1427 or 1432)
  3. Wolfgang (* / † February 16, 1426)
  4. Sigmund the Coin Rich (1427–1496), (Arch) Duke of Austria, Prince Count of Tyrol etc.

Although their first child was born after more than 12 years of marriage, there is no evidence that this caused serious resentment in their marriage.

Duchess Anna was buried in Stams Abbey after her death .

literature

  • Klaus Brandstätter : The Tyrolean princesses in the 15th century . In: Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis (ed.): Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages. Lectures at the scientific conference in the South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History Castle Tyrol, November 3rd to 4th, 2006 (= Schlern-Schriften. Vol. 339). Wagner, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 3-7030-0438-X , pp. 175-217.

Remarks

  1. ^ Klaus Brandstätter: The Tyrolean sovereigns in the 15th century . In: Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages . Edited by Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis. (= Schlern writings 339). 2007, p. 181f.
  2. ^ Klaus Brandstätter: The Tyrolean sovereigns in the 15th century . In: Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages . Edited by Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis. (= Schlern writings 339). 2007, p. 178 and p. 181f.
  3. ^ Klaus Brandstätter: The Tyrolean sovereigns in the 15th century . In: Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages . Edited by Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis. (= Schlern writings 339). 2007, pp. 206f.
  4. ^ Klaus Brandstätter: The Tyrolean sovereigns in the 15th century . In: Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages . Edited by Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis. (= Schlern writings 339). 2007, p. 192f. With a view to Anna's political activities after 1418, Brandstätter suspects that she returned to Tyrol to protect Friedrich's interests there. The fact that it does not appear politically in any way until his return is due to the fact that Archduke Ernst I had now taken over rule in Tyrol.
  5. ^ Klaus Brandstätter: The Tyrolean sovereigns in the 15th century . In: Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages . Edited by Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis. (= Schlern writings 339). 2007, p. 193f. and p. 197f.
  6. ^ Klaus Brandstätter: The Tyrolean sovereigns in the 15th century . In: Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages . Edited by Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis. (= Schlern writings 339). 2007, p. 178, footnote 25.
  7. ^ Klaus Brandstätter: The Tyrolean sovereigns in the 15th century . In: Margarete Maultasch. The world of a princess and other Tyrolean women of the Middle Ages . Edited by Julia Hörmann-Thurn and Taxis. (= Schlern writings 339). 2007, p. 206
personal data
SURNAME Anna of Braunschweig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anna of Braunschweig-Göttingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of the Austrian Duke Friedrich IV.
DATE OF BIRTH around 1390
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1432