Princess Anna of Saxony (1836–1859)

Princess Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen;[1] born 4 January 1836 in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony;[1] died 10 February 1859 in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies[1]) was the seventh child and fourth eldest daughter of John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony.[1] Through her marriage to Archduke Ferdinand, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Anna was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany. Ann died shortly before her husband succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Princess Anna
Grand Princess of Tuscany
Born(1836-01-04)4 January 1836
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died10 February 1859(1859-02-10) (aged 23)
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Burial
Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
Spouse
IssueArchduchess Maria Antonia
Full name
German: Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta
HouseWettin
FatherJohn of Saxony
MotherAmalie Auguste of Bavaria
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Marriage and issue
Anna’s daughter Maria Antonietta, around 1875

Anna married the future Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, eldest son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 24 November 1856 in Dresden.[1] Anna and Ferdinand had two children:[1]

Titles and styles
  • 4 January 1836 – 24 November 1856: Her Royal Highness Princess Anna of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony
  • 24 November 1856 – 10 February 1859: Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Grand Princess of Tuscany, Archduchess and Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess and Duchess of Saxony

Ancestry

References
  1. Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Anne Marie Prinzessin von Sachsen". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
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