Anna of the Palatinate

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Anna von der Pfalz (Czech Anna Falcká ) (born September 26, 1329 - † February 2, 1353 in Prague ) was the second wife of the later Emperor Charles IV , who after the death of Blanca Margarete von Valois († 1348) on the Prague Castle resided.

Anna of the Palatinate

Life

Anna von der Pfalz came from the Wittelsbach family . She was the daughter of Count Palatine Rudolf II and his wife Anna from Tyrol. The Bohemian King Heinrich of Carinthia was her maternal great-great-uncle. No traditions are known from childhood. At the age of 20, she was married to the Bohemian and German kings on March 4, 1349 at Stahleck Castle . Until the marriage, Rudolf II was one of the most important opponents of Charles IV. In February 1349 he was on the side of the anti-king Günther von Schwarzburg . This diplomatic move initiated by Charles IV had not only reduced the number of opponents, it also acquired parts of the Upper Palatinate , the so-called New Bohemia . At the beginning of November 1349 Anna was crowned queen in St. Vitus Cathedral . At this point she was already heavily pregnant and the king and the whole country were now impatiently waiting for the birth of an heir. Mid-January 1350 she gave birth to a son, who after the Bohemian patron in the name Wenzel was baptized. The child died in December 1351, followed by the young Queen Anna a year later. At the age of 37, Karl became a widower for the second time with one child, his daughter Katharina . She lived at the Viennese court and was engaged to the Habsburg Prince Rudolf . Although Karl's younger brother, Margrave Johann Heinrich, became a father in 1351, there was still a risk that the Luxembourg dynasty would die out and the Habsburgs could get Bohemia. Charles IV married Anna von Schweidnitz in 1353 .

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predecessor Office Successor
Blanca Margaret of Valois Queen of Bohemia
1349–1353 		Anna of Schweidnitz
personal data
SURNAME Anna of the Palatinate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anna Falcká
BRIEF DESCRIPTION second wife of the emperor Charles IV.
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1329
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1353
Place of death Prague