Noble family House of Ascania Mother Cecilia of Carrara | Name Anna Saxe-Wittenberg Died April 18, 1426 | |
Father Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg Parents Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg Spouse Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (m. 1386–1400), Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia Grandparents Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg Great-grandparents Albert II, Duke of Saxony, Agnes of Habsburg People also search for Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg | ||
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg (died: 18 April 1426) was a member of the House of Ascania and the wife of Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a German anti-king.
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg was the daughter of Duke Wenceslas I of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke of Lüneburg and Elector of Saxony and his wife Cecilia of Carrara.
In 1386 she married with Duke Frederick I of Brunswick-Lüneburg. They had two daughters. In 1400 Frederick was elected King of the Germans. This election, however, was not recognized by three of the electors. Frederick was murdered on the way home, a month after the election.
Anna's second marriage was with Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen. This marriage remained childless.
Issue
From her first marriage to Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg she had two daughters:
- Catherine (died before 1439), married Henry XXIV, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Anna (1390–1432), married in 1410 Duke Frederick IV, Duke of Austria, "of the Empty Pockets" of Austria, a Tyrollean Count