Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia

Anne of Bohemia and Austria (12 April 1432 – 13 November 1462) was a Duchess of Luxembourg in her own right and, as a consort, Landgravine of Thuringia and of Saxony.

Anne of Bohemia and Austria
Anne of Austria by Anton Boys
Born	(1432-04-12)12 April 1432 Vienna
Died	13 November 1462(1462-11-13) (aged 30) Eckartsberga
Noble family	House of Habsburg
Spouse(s)	William III, Duke of Luxemburg
Father	Albert II of Germany
Mother	Elisabeth of Bohemia

She was the eldest daughter of Albert of Austria, the future Emperor-Elect and Elisabeth, queen of Bohemia, the sole descendant of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.

Her posthumous brother Ladislaus, Duke of Austria (1440–57) succeeded, very underage, as king of Bohemia and later also as king of Hungary. Anne also had a younger sister, Elisabeth, who was to become later a queen of Poland and grand duchess of Lithuania.

On 2 June 1446 the young Anne was married to William "the Brave" of Saxony (1425–82), Landgrave of Thuringia, a younger son of Frederick I "the Warlike" of Saxony.

In right of Anne, William became Duke of Luxembourg from 1457 when Anne's brother Ladislaus died childless. Though, their rights to the land were disputed by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, and in 1469, William concluded that the possession's keeping was untenable against Burgundian attacks, and retreated to his Thuringian lands – that however took place when Anne was already dead.

They had two surviving daughters:

• Margaret of Thuringia (1449 – 13 July 1501), who married John II, Elector of Brandenburg, and whose direct main heirs have been Electors of Brandenburg, then Kings of Prussia, and then German Emperors.
• Katharina of Thuringia (1453 – 10 July 1534), who married Duke Henry II of Münsterberg and who has surviving descendants, mainly among Bohemian high nobility.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia

16. Albert II, Duke of Austria[1] 8. Albert III, Duke of Austria[2] 17. Joanna of Pfirt[1] 4. Albert IV, Duke of Austria[3] 18. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg[4] 9. Beatrice of Nuremberg[2] 19. Elisabeth of Meissen[4] 2. Albert II of Germany 20. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor[5] 10. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria[5] 21. Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut[5] 5. Joanna Sophia of Bavaria[3] 22. Louis I, Duke of Brieg[5] 11. Margaret of Brieg[5] 23. Agnes of Głogów[5] 1. Anne of Austria 24. John of Bohemia[6] 12. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor[7] 25. Elisabeth of Bohemia[6] 6. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor[8] 26. Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania[9] 13. Elizabeth of Pomerania[7] 27. Elizabeth of Poland[9] 3. Elisabeth of Bohemia 28. Hermann I, Count of Cilli[10] 14. Hermann II, Count of Cilli[11] 29. Catherine of Bosnia[10] 7. Barbara of Cilli[8] 30. Henry VIII, Count of Schaunberg[12] 15. Anna of Schaunberg[11] 31. Ursula of Gorizia[12]

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