Ancestral Trails 2016 » Anna von SAXONY (1437-1512)

Personal data Anna von SAXONY 


Household of Anna von SAXONY

She had a relationship with Albrecht III Achilles von BRANDENBURG.


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    • Notes about Anna von SAXONY

    Anna of Saxony (7 March 1437 - 31 October 1512) was a princess of Saxony by birth and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.

    Anna was a daughter of the Elector Frederick II of Saxony from his marriage to Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Duke Ernest of Austria.

    On 12 November 1458 Anna married Albert Achilles of Brandenburg, later Elector Albert III Achilles, in Ansbach. To further cement the tie between the House of Wettin and the House of Hohenzollern, the marriage contract also planned a marriage between Anna's brother Albert and Albert Achilles' daughter from his first marriage, Ursula, but both married children of King George of Poděbrady of Bohemia instead.

    As her Wittum, Anna received Hoheneck Castle and district, plus Leutershausen and Colmberg. Through her marriage, she became stepmother to Albert Achilles's four children from his earlier marriage with Margaret of Baden. At the time of Anna's marriage, Albert Achilles held all the Franconian possessions of the Hohenzollerns. In 1470, he also inherited the Electorate of Brandenburg. In 1473 Anna agreed to a new House law, which made Mark Brandenburg indivisible, but allowed the Franconian possessions to be shared among several sons. This meant that John Cicero, Albert Achilles's son from his first marriage, would become Elector of Brandenburg, but Anna's two sons would inherite the Frankish possessions.

    Albert Achilles specified in his will that Anna was entitled to income and residency in Neustadt an der Aisch, Erlangen, Dachsbach, Baiersdorf and Liebenow. Her sons, however, would retain sovereignty over those territories. Anna survived her husband by 26 years and resided mostly in Neustadt an der Aisch, where she maintained a relatively luxurious court.

    Anna died in 1512 and was buried in Heilsbronn Abbey. The memorial on her tomb was built about 1502 and is still preserved.

    Anna had thirteen children from her marriage to Albert Achilles:

    Frederick I (1460-1536), Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
    married in 1479 princess Sophia of Poland (1464-1512)
    Amalie (1461-1481) married in 1478 Count Palatine Kaspar of Zweibrücken (1458-1527)
    Anna (* / † 1462)
    Barbara (1464-1515) married firstly in 1472 Duke Henry XI. by Crossen and Glogau (ca. 1430-1476), married secondly in 1476 King Vladislav II of Bohemia (1456-1516) (divorced in 1500)
    Albert (* / † 1466)
    Sibylle (1467-1524) married in 1481 Duke Wilhelm IV of Jülich-Berg (1455-1511)
    Siegmund (1468-1495), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
    Albert (* / † 1470)
    Dorothea (1471-1520), Abbess in Bamberg
    George (1472-1476)
    Elisabeth (1474-1507) married in 1491, Count Hermann VIII of Henneberg-Aschach (1470-1535)
    Magdalene (1476-1480)
    Anastasia (1478-1534) married in 1500 Count William IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen (1478-1559)
    SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_of_Saxony,_Electress_of_Brandenburg

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Historical events

Birthday March 7, 1437

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1437: Source: Wikipedia
    • September 13 » Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.

Day of death October 31, 1512

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1506 till 1515 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1512: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 11 » War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
    • July 10 » The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
    • August 10 » The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
    • October 19 » Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
    • November 1 » The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
    • December 27 » The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.


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