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Native name
  
Anna raciborska

Died
  
1340

Name
  
Anna Raciborz

Children
  
6

Nationality
  
Polish


Resting place
  
Dominican monastery of Raciborz

Occupation
  
Princess and Duchess of Opawa

Role
  
Przemyslaw of Raciborz\'s daughter

Spouse
  
Nicholas II, Duke of Opava

Parents
  
Anna of Masovia, Przemyslaw of Raciborz

Grandparents
  
Wladyslaw Opolski, Konrad III Rudy, Anna Radziwill, Euphemia of Greater Poland

Great-grandparents
  
Wladyslaw Odonic, Mikalojus Radvila the Old, Casimir I of Opole, Boleslaw IV of Warsaw

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Anna of Racibórz (Polish: Anna raciborska; b. 1292/98 – d. 1 January/21 August 1340), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Racibórz branch and by marriage Duchess of Opawa and Racibórz.

She was the second child but eldest daughter of Duke Przemysław of Racibórz by his wife Anna, daughter of Duke Konrad II of Masovia.

Life

In 1318 Anna married with Duke Nicholas II of Opava, illegitimate grandson of King Ottokar II of Bohemia. She bore her husband six children, one son and five daughters:

  • Jan I, who later inherited the Duchy of Racibórz
  • Euphemia, married Siemowit III of Masovia
  • Elizabeth, who became a nun,
  • Agnes, also a nun
  • Anna, by marriage Burgravine of Magdeburg
  • Margaret of Opava, married John Henry of Moravia
  • In 1336, after the death of her only brother Leszek, Anna's husband was invested with the Duchy of Racibórz (he claimed the succession as the next male relative of the late Duke) after the arbitral decision of King John of Bohemia, despite the strong resistance of the next blood male relatives of Leszek.

    Anna died four years later between January–August 1340 and was probably buried in the Dominican monastery of Racibórz.

    References

    Anna of Racibórz Wikipedia