Anna of Egmond
Anna von Egmond (Dutch: Anna van Buren ; baptized in March 1533 in Grave ; † March 24, 1558 in Breda ) - from the Egmond family - was Countess von Büren , Leerdam and Lingen , mistress of Egmond , IJsselstein , in her own right , St.Maartensijk, Kortgene , Kranendonk, Borssele , Grave, Odijk and the High Glory Jaarsveld .
Life
Anna was the only child and heir to the captain-general of the Netherlands Maximilian von Egmond and his wife Françoise de Lannoy († 1562), mistress of Lannoy, Santes and Drongen . She followed her father suo jure as Countess von Büren , Leerdam and Lingen etc. in 1548.
Anna came from one of the oldest and most prominent families in the Netherlands, which also included the Dutch freedom fighters Lamoral von Egmond and Count von Horn , the latter was a son of their aunt Anna von Egmond († 1574). When she married, Anna sold the County of Lingen , which her father had acquired , to Emperor Charles V for 120,000 gold guilders .
On July 8, 1551, she married Wilhelm I of Orange-Nassau in Büren , who was the heir to the Principality of Orange in the Netherlands. Through his marriage to the wealthy heiress, Wilhelm acquired their extensive estates and the title of Count von Büren and Lords of Egmond. At the time of the marriage, Wilhelm was still Catholic , just like his wife of the same age .
Traditional letters show that the marriage was extremely happy. The couple lived alternately at the castles Büren and Breda. After Anna's early death at the age of 25, her surviving children were handed over to the court of the Dutch governor Maria of Hungary for upbringing.
To this day Anna is the only wife of a Dutch regent of the House of Orange from Holland. The title of Count von Büren is still held by the respective Dutch king today. Because of Anna's connection with William of Orange, Buren (Gelderland) is now called Oranjestad. Several schools in the Netherlands are named after Anna.
progeny
- Maria (1553–1554 / 5)
- Philipp Wilhelm (1554–1618), Prince of Orange ⚭ 1606 Eleonore de Bourbon-Condé (1587–1619)
- Maria (1556–1616) ⚭ 1595 Count Philipp von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1550–1606)
literature
- Olaf Mörke : Wilhelm von Oranien (1533–1584). Prince and "father" of the republic. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-017669-0 .
- PL Müller : Egmont, Maximilian von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 584 f. (mentioned as daughter there)
Fiction
- Johan Brouwer: Philips Willem, de Spaanse Prins van Oranje . Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1987, ISBN 90-290-2028-8 (reprint of the Zutphen 1941 edition).
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egmond, Anna from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anna van Buren; Anna von Büren |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Countess von Büren, Leerdam and Lingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized March 1533 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grave |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1558 |
| Place of death | Breda |
- ↑ https://historiek.net/anna-van-buren-1533-1558/1209/
- ↑ ANNA van EGMONT, vooral known as Anna gravin van Buren ... : https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/AnnavanBuren
- ↑ (...) Anna van Egmont we know vooral as Anna van Bueren, often as prinses van Oranje : https://marccouwenbergh.nl/anna-van-bueren-versus-de-mona-lisa-van-pieter-pourbus -meester-signs-uit-gouda /