Name Anna Saxony, | Grandchildren Matilda of Hesse | |
Born June 5, 1420 ( 1420-06-05 ) Father Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Mother Catherine of Brunswick-Luneburg Died September 17, 1462, Spangenberg, Germany Spouse Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse (m. 1436–1458) Children Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse Parents Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Catherine of Brunswick-Luneburg Grandparents Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Catherine of Henneberg | ||
Anna of Saxony (5 June 1420 – 17 September 1462, Spangenberg) was a princess of Saxony and by marriage landgravine of Hesse.
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Life
Anna was the eldest daughter of the elector Frederick I of Saxony (1370–1428) from his marriage to Catherine (1395–1442), daughter of Duke Henry I "the Wild" of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Anna, with a dowry of 19,000 Rhenish gold florins, married on 8 September 1433 in Kassel Landgrave Louis I of Hesse. Their engagement had been announced on the occasion of the Inheritance Treaty between the two houses in 1431 in Rotenburg an der Fulda. Through this marriage, Louis increased his territory considerably. He received the Saxon properties of Eschwege and Sontra from Anna's brother Frederick II of Saxony. Frederick II also renounced his rights to Wanfried.
Offspring
From her marriage to Louis, Anna had the following children: