Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg

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Tenure 1295–1327 Died 1327, Legnica, Poland Name Anne Austria,		Mother Elisabeth of Tirol Father Albert I of Germany House House of Habsburg

Issue Judith, Count of HennebergJohn V, Margrave of BrandenburgMatilde, Duchess of Greater PolandAgnes, Margravine of BrandenburgElisabeth, Duchess of OlesnicaEuphemiaMargaret Spouse Henry VI the Good (m. 1310–1327) Children John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel Parents Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany, Albert I of Germany Similar People Albert I of Germany, Meinhard - Duke of Carinthia, Rudolf I of Germany, Herman - Margrave of Brande

Anna of Austria (1275–1327) was a daughter of Albert I of Germany and his wife Elisabeth of Tirol. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.

First marriage

Anna first married in 1295 in Graz. Her husband was Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. They had four children:

Jutta of Brandenburg (1301–1353), heiress of Coburg, married to Count Henry VIII of Henneberg

John (1302–1317), succeeded his father, but died young

Matilde of Brandenburg (died 1323) married Henry IV the Faithful

Agnes of Brandenburg (1297–1334), heiress of the Altmark, married with margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg (1281–1381) and in 1319 to Duke Otto of Brunswick-Göttingen (1290–1344).

In 1308, Herman died, and their son John succeeded him.

Second marriage

In 1310 Anna married Henry VI the Good, Duke of Wrocław, son of Henry V the Fat and his wife Elisabeth of Greater Poland. They had three daughters:

Elisabeth of Brieg (ca. 1311 – 20 February? 1328), married before 10 January 1322 to Duke Konrad I of Oleśnica.

Euphemia of Brieg (Ofka) (ca. 1312 – 21 March after 1384), married before 29 November 1325 to Duke Bolesław the Elder of Niemodlin (Falkenberg).

Margaret of Brieg (ca. 1313 – 8 March 1379), Abbess of St. Clara in Wrocław (1359).

Anna died in 1327 in Legnica. She left her husband a widower, and she had failed to produce a son. When her husband died ten years later, Wrocław was merged with the Bohemian crown.

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Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg Wikipedia

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