Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313)

Anne of Bohemia
Anne of Bohemia
Queen consort of Bohemia
Tenure	1307–1310
Born	15 October 1290; Bohemia
Died	3 September 1313 (aged 22); Carinthia, Austria
Spouse	Henry of Bohemia
Dynasty	Přemyslid
Father	Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
Mother	Judith of Habsburg

Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313) was the eldest surviving daughter of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland and his first wife Judith of Habsburg. Her siblings included Elizabeth of Bohemia and Wenceslaus III of Bohemia.[1][2]

Family

Anne was born in 1290 in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Her mother, Judith, died in 1297 when Anne was seven years old. Of her mother's ten children, only four of them lived to adulthood: Wenceslaus, Anne, Elizabeth and Margaret.

In 1300 Anne's widowed father, Wenceslaus, remarried a Polish princess called Elizabeth Richenza from the genus Piast dynasty. Anne's father then gained the Crown of Poland for the next five years (he died in 1305). They had a daughter, Agnes of Bohemia.

Her father also had numerous illegitimate children, including Jan Volek (?? – 27 September 1351), bishop of Olomouc

Marriage

In 1306 Anne married Henry of Carinthia, a son of Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia and Elisabeth of Bavaria.

After the murder of Anne's brother, Wenceslaus, in 1306, Anne's husband was elected King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland. However, all power was soon taken over by Rudolf of Habsburg. Anne and Henry then fled to Carinthia out of reach from Rudolph. Rudolph only reigned for one year and on his death Henry assumed the throne of Bohemia again.

The royal couple turned their attention to Anne's younger unmarried sister Elisabeth. They wished to have her married but Elisabeth refused every suitor that came forward. In 1310 Elisabeth married John of Luxembourg. This union caused Anne and Elisabeth to fall out. It was said that Elisabeth was more beautiful than Anne and that Anne was jealous of her.

By 1310 John and Elisabeth occupied Prague; Anne and Henry were sent back to live in Carinthia in exile. It was there in 1313 that she died aged only twenty two and childless. Her husband married twice more.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313)

8. Wenceslaus I of Bohemia

4. Ottokar II of Bohemia

9. Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen

2. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

10. Rostislav Mikhailovich

5. Kunigunda of Slavonia

11. Anna of Hungary

1. Anne of Bohemia

12. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg

6. Rudolf I of Germany

13. Heilwig of Kiburg

3. Judith of Habsburg

14. Burckhard V, Count of Hohenburg

7. Gertrude of Hohenberg

15. Mechtild of Tübingen

Sources in English

Anne's Bohemia; Czech Literature and Society, 1310–1420, by Alfred Thomas University of Minnesota Press, 1998, Preface by David Wallace

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References

Royal titles
Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313) Přemyslid dynasty Born: 1290 Died: 1313
Preceded by Viola Elisabeth of Cieszyn	Queen consort of Bohemia 1306	Succeeded by Elizabeth Richeza of Poland
Preceded by Elizabeth Richeza of Poland	Queen consort of Bohemia 1307–1310	Succeeded by Elizabeth of Bohemia

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[2] Ancestors of Anne of Bohemia