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Anna of Sagan

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Noble family
  
House of Piast

Role
  
Jan II the Mad's daughter

Father
  
Jan II the Mad

Died
  
1541


Mother
  
Catherine of Opava

Parents
  
Jan II the Mad

Name
  
Anna Sagan

Grandparents
  
Jan I of Zagan

Anna of Sagan

Spouse
  
Charles I, Duke of Munsterberg-Oels (m. 1488)

Children
  
John, Duke of Munsterberg-Oels

Grandchildren
  
Karl Christoph, Duke of Munsterberg

Great grandchildren
  
Erdmuthe of Brandenburg

Anna of Sagan (Polish: Anna żagańska, Czech: Anna Zaháňská, also Hlohovsko-Zaháňská or Zaháňsko-Hlohovská) was the last surviving member of the Hlohovsko-Zaháňský branch of the Silesian Piasts family, and by marriage duchess of Münsterberg and Oels.

She was the daughter of Prince Jan II the Mad. In 1488 she married Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels, with whom she had twelve children:

  1. Henry (* / † 1497)
  2. Anna (1499–1504)
  3. Catherine (1500–1507)
  4. Margareta (1501–1551), married to Jan Zajíc of Hasenburg
  5. Joachim (1503–1562), Bishop of Brandenburg
  6. Kunhuta (1504–1532), married to Christopher Cernohorsky of Boskowitz
  7. Ursula Vorsila (1505–1539), married to Jerome of Bieberstein
  8. Henry II (1507–1548), Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
  9. Hedwig (1508–1531), married in 1525 George of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  10. John (1509–1565), Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
  11. Barbara (1511–1539), Abbess in Strzelin near Oleśnica
  12. George II (1512–1553), married to Elizabeth Kostka of Postupitz

She died in 1541 and was buried alongside her husband in the parish church of St. Anna in Frankenstein.

References

Anna of Sagan Wikipedia


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