House Wettin Name Princess of | Religion Roman Catholicism Role 1903–1976 | |
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Born 4 May 1903
Lindau, Bavaria ( 1903-05-04 ) Issue Archduchess Margarethe
Archduchess Ilona
Archduchess Anna-Theresia
Archduke Joseph Arpad
Archduke Istvan
Archduchess Maria Kynga
Archduke Geza
Archduke Michael Father Frederick Augustus III of Saxony Mother Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany Died February 8, 1976, Munich, Germany Spouse Reginald Kazanjian (m. 1972–1976), Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria (m. 1926–1957) Children Archduke Josef Arpad of Austria Siblings Princess Maria Alix of Saxony Parents Archduchess Louise of Austria, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony Similar People Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Archduke Joseph Francis of, Prince Ernst Heinrich, Friedrich Christian - Margrave, George - King of Saxony | ||
Princess Anna Monika of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna Monika von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen) (4 May 1903 – 8 February 1976) was the seventh and youngest child of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany and a younger sister of both Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. Through her marriage to Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria, Anna was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia.
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Early life
While pregnant with Anna, her mother Luise left Saxony on 9 December 1902 without her children. Anna was born in Lindau, Bavaria, during her parents' separation; after the birth, Luise sent the infant to the royal court in Dresden where she was raised with her five siblings by her father Frederick Augustus. It is said that Anna was the daughter of André Giron, her siblings' French tutor with whom her mother briefly lived.
Marriage and issue
Anna married Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria, eldest son of Archduke Joseph August of Austria and his wife Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria, on 4 October 1926 at Schloss Sibyllenort in Sibyllenort, Silesia, Germany. Anna and Joseph Francis had eight children:
Fifteen years after the death of Joseph Francis in Carcavelos, Portugal on 25 September 1957, Anna married Reginald Kazanjian (1905–1990) in a civil ceremony on 28 July 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland, and in a religious ceremony on 9 September 1972 in Veyrier, Switzerland. She died in Munich, Germany, aged 72.