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Revision as of 13:42, 16 June 2006 by Dimadick (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For others Anne's of Bohemia, see Anne of Bohemia (disambiguation).Anne Jagellion of Bohemia (July 23, 1503 - January 27, 1547) was the only daughter of Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and Anna of Foix-Candale. She was an older sister of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia.
Her paternal grandparents were Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria. Her maternal grandparents were Gaston II de Foix, Count of Candale and Benauges and Catherine de Foix, Intanta of the Kingdom of Navarre.
Life account
She was born in Prague and for ther first three years of her life was the Heiress Presumptive to the thrones of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary. The birth of her younger brother Louis on July 1, 1506 demoted her to second-in-line heiress. Her mother died on July 26 of the same year.
The death of Vladislaus II on March 13, 1516 left both siblings in the care of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was arranged to marry his grandson Ferdinand, second son of Queen regnant Joanna of Castile and her husband and co-ruler Philip I of Castile.
Anne married Ferdinand on May 25, 1521 in Linz, Austria. At the time Ferdinand was controling the Habsburg hereditary lands in name of his older brother Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Her brother Louis was killed in the Battle of Mohács against Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire on August 29, 1526. This left vacant the thrones of both Bohemia and Hungary with Anne being his closest living relative. Ferdinand claimed both Kingdoms in her right and was elected King of Bohemia on October 24 of the same year.
Hungary was a more difficult case. Suleiman had annexed much of its lands. Ferdinand was proclaimed King of Hungary but a faction of Hungarian nobles who proclaimed that no foreign ruler could held that title. They elected John Zápolya as a rival King and conflict between them and their heirs would last until 1571.
Meanwhile Anne served as Queen consort of Bohemia and one of two rival Queen consorts of Hungary until her death. She died in her native Prague.
Children
Anna and Ferdinand had fifteen children:
- Elizabeth of Austria (July 9, 1526 - June 15, 1545). In 1549 she was married to king Sigismund II Augustus of Poland and Lithuania.
- Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (July 31, 1527 - October 12, 1576).
- Anna of Austria (July 7, 1528 - October 16/October 17, 1590). Married Albert V, Duke of Bavaria.
- Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (June 14, 1529 - January 24, 1595).
- Maria of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria (May 15, 1531–December 11, 1581). Consort of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
- Magdalena of Austria (August 14, 1532 - September 10, 1590). A nun.
- Catharine of Austria (September 15, 1533 - February 28, 1549). In 1553 she was married to king Sigismund II Augustus of Poland and Lithuania.
- Eleonora of Austria (November 2, 1534 - August 5, 1594). Married William I, Duke of Mantua.
- Margaret of Austria (February 16, 1536 - March 12, 1567). A nun.
- Johann of Austria (April 10, 1538 - March 20, 1539).
- Barbara of Austria (April 30, 1539 - September 19, 1572). Married Alfonso II d'Este.
- Charles II, Archduke of Austria (June 3, 1540 - July 10, 1590).
- Ursula of Austria (July 24, 1541 - April 30, 1543).
- Helen of Austria (January 7, 1543 - March 5, 1574). A nun.
- Johanna of Austria (January 24, 1547 - April 10, 1578). Married Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Genetics
Anne of Bohemia was a direct matrilineal ancestor of Queen Victoria (and therefore of the last Russian czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna as well as HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Provided this genealogy is correct, Anne of Bohemia must therefore have been of mitochondrial haplogroup H according to tests on the latter two descedants.
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