Anna Of Bohemia And HUNGARY

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Anna, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary, also sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica (July 23, 1503 - January 27, 1547) was Queen-consort of the Romans and heiress of the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia.

She was the elder child and only daughter of king Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (1456-1516) and his fourth wife Anna of Foix-Candale. She was an older sister of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, and his eventual heiress.

Her paternal grandparents were King Casimir IV of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, of the Jagiellon dynasty, and Elisabeth of Austria, one of the heiresses of Bohemia, duchy of Luxembourg and duchy of Kujavia. Her maternal grandparents were Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale and Catherine de Foix, Infanta of the Kingdom of Navarre.

Life account
She was born in Prague and for the first three years of her life was the heiress presumptive to the thrones of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary. The birth of her younger brother Louis on July 1, 1506, demoted her to second-in-line. Her mother died on July 26 of the same year.

The death of Vladislaus II on March 13, 1516 left both siblings in the care of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. It was arranged that Anna marry his grandson Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, second son of Queen regnant Joanna of Castile and her late husband and co-ruler Philip I of Castile.

Anna married Ferdinand on May 25, 1521 in Linz, Austria. At the time Ferdinand was governing the Habsburg hereditary lands on behalf of his older brother Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Her brother Louis was killed in the Battle of Moh·cs against Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire on August 29, 1526. This left the thrones of both Bohemia and Hungary vacant, and Anna being the closest living relative of Louis, Ferdinand claimed both kingdoms in her right and was elected King of Bohemia on October 24 of the same year.

Hungary was a more difficult case. Suleiman had annexed much of its lands. Ferdinand was proclaimed King of Hungary by a group of nobles, but another faction of Hungarian nobles refused to allow a foreign ruler to hold that title and elected John Z·polya as an alternative king. The resulting conflict between the two rivals and their successors lasted until 1571.

In 1531 Ferdinand's older brother Charles V recognised Ferdinand as his successor as Holy Roman Emperor, and Ferdinand was elevated to the title King of the Romans.

Anna and Ferdinand had fifteen children, which was a boon to Bohemia and Hungary, both of which kingdoms had suffered for centuries from premature deaths among heirs and from a shortage of succession prospects.

Meanwhile Anna served as queen consort of Bohemia and as one of two rival queen consorts of Hungary until her death. She died in her native Prague.

In 1556 Charles V abdicated and Ferdinand succeeded as emperor, nine years after Anna's death.

Anna married Ferdinand I Holy Roman EMPEROR in 1521. Ferdinand (son of Philip I The Handsome King Of CASTILE and Juana Queen Of CASTILE) was born on 10 Mar 1503 in Madrid; died on 25 Jul 1564. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles II Archduke Of AUSTRIA was born on 03 Jun 1540; died on 10 Jul 1590.
2. Magdalena Of AUSTRIA was born on 14 Aug 1532; died on 10 Sep 1590.
3. Margaret Of AUSTRIA was born on 16 Feb 1536; died on 12 Mar 1567.
4. Archduchess of Austria Maria Of HABSBURG was born on 15 May 1531; died on 11 Dec 1581.
5. Johanna Of AUSTRIA was born on 24 Jan 1547; died on 10 Apr 1578.
6. Ursula Of AUSTRIA was born on 24 Jul 1541; died on 30 Apr 1543.
7. Eleonora Of AUSTRIA was born on 02 Nov 1534; died on 05 Aug 1594.
8. Ferdinand II Archduke Of AUSTRIA was born on 14 Jun 1529; died on 24 Jan 1595.
9. Johann Of AUSTRIA was born on 10 Apr 1538; died on 20 Mar 1539.
10. Catharine Of AUSTRIA was born on 15 Sep 1533; died on 28 Feb 1572.
11. Helen Of AUSTRIA was born on 07 Jan 1543; died on 05 Mar 1574.
12. Elisabeth Of AUSTRIA was born on 09 Jul 1526; died on 15 Jun 1543.
13. Barbara Of AUSTRIA was born on 30 Apr 1539; died on 19 Sep 1572.
14. Maximilian II Holy Roman EMPEROR was born on 31 Jul 1527 in Vienna; died on 12 Oct 1576.
15. Anna Of AUSTRIA was born on 07 Jul 1528; died between 16 and 17 Oct 1590.

Vladislaus married Anne DE FOIX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]