Anna Of Bohemia And HUNGARY

Female 1503 - 1547  (43 years)


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  • Name Anna Of Bohemia And HUNGARY  [1
    Birth 23 Jul 1503  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 Jan 1547  [1
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from Wikipedia:
      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 Mohˇcs 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 Zˇpolya 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.
    Person ID I31315  Main Tree

    Father Vladislaus II Of Bohemia And HUNGARY,   b. 01 Mar 1456   d. 13 Mar 1516 (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Anne DE FOIX 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F17503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ferdinand I Holy Roman EMPEROR,   b. 10 Mar 1503, Madrid Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1564 (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 1521  [1
    Children 
     1. Charles II Archduke Of AUSTRIA,   b. 03 Jun 1540   d. 10 Jul 1590 (Age 50 years)  [Natural]
     2. Magdalena Of AUSTRIA,   b. 14 Aug 1532   d. 10 Sep 1590 (Age 58 years)  [Natural]
     3. Margaret Of AUSTRIA,   b. 16 Feb 1536   d. 12 Mar 1567 (Age 31 years)  [Natural]
     4. Archduchess of Austria Maria Of HABSBURG,   b. 15 May 1531   d. 11 Dec 1581 (Age 50 years)  [Natural]
     5. Johanna Of AUSTRIA,   b. 24 Jan 1547   d. 10 Apr 1578 (Age 31 years)  [Natural]
     6. Ursula Of AUSTRIA,   b. 24 Jul 1541   d. 30 Apr 1543 (Age 1 year)  [Natural]
     7. Eleonora Of AUSTRIA,   b. 02 Nov 1534   d. 05 Aug 1594 (Age 59 years)  [Natural]
     8. Ferdinand II Archduke Of AUSTRIA,   b. 14 Jun 1529   d. 24 Jan 1595 (Age 65 years)  [Natural]
     9. Johann Of AUSTRIA,   b. 10 Apr 1538   d. 20 Mar 1539 (Age 0 years)  [Natural]
     10. Catharine Of AUSTRIA,   b. 15 Sep 1533   d. 28 Feb 1572 (Age 38 years)  [Natural]
     11. Helen Of AUSTRIA,   b. 07 Jan 1543   d. 05 Mar 1574 (Age 31 years)  [Natural]
     12. Elisabeth Of AUSTRIA,   b. 09 Jul 1526   d. 15 Jun 1543 (Age 16 years)  [Natural]
     13. Barbara Of AUSTRIA,   b. 30 Apr 1539   d. 19 Sep 1572 (Age 33 years)  [Natural]
     14. Maximilian II Holy Roman EMPEROR,   b. 31 Jul 1527, Vienna Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1576 (Age 49 years)  [Natural]
     15. Anna Of AUSTRIA,   b. 07 Jul 1528   d. Between 16 and 17 Oct 1590  [Natural]
    Family ID F17431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.