Tenure 1349–1353 Name Anne Bavaria | Tenure 1349–1353 Tenure 1349–1353 | |
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Issue Wenceslaus (died young) House Luxembourg dynasty (by marriage)
House of Wittelsbach (by birth) Father Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria Died February 2, 1353, Prague, Czech Republic Spouse Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (m. 1349–1353) Parents Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine Children Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Similar People Anna von Schweidnitz, Charles IV - Holy Roman E, Elizabeth of Pomerania, John of Bohemia, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia | ||
Grandparents Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria | ||
Anne of Bavaria (or of the Palatinate; Czech: Anna Falcká; 26 September 1329 – 2 February 1353) was a queen consort of Bohemia. She was the daughter of Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Anna, daughter of Otto III of Carinthia.
She was a member of the House of Wittelsbach.
Anna married Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV on 11 March 1349 in the town of Bacharach on the Rhine. She became the second wife of Charles after the death of his first wife, Blanche of Valois, in 1348.
On 26 July 1349 in Aachen, Anna was crowned Queen of Rome. Months later she was crowned Queen of Bohemia;
In 1350, Anna gave birth to the long desired son, Wenceslaus, who died one year later, in 1351. Anna did not have more children and died herself in 1353 at the age of twenty-three.
Charles was widowed for a second time and still had no son. He then married Anna von Schweidnitz, who gave birth to the desired heir, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans.