Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg

For other people named Anna of Austria, see Anna of Austria (disambiguation).

Anna of Austria
Image of Anna from the 15th century
Margravine of Brandenburg
Tenure	1295–1327

Born	1275 Vienna Austria
Died	1327 Legnica
Spouse	Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel Henry VI the Good
Issue	Judith, Count of Henneberg John V, Margrave of Brandenburg Matilde, Duchess of Greater Poland Agnes, Margravine of Brandenburg Elisabeth, Duchess of Oleśnica Euphemia Margaret
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Albert I of Germany
Mother	Elisabeth of Tirol

Anna of Austria (1275–1327) was a daughter of Albert I of Germany and his wife Elisabeth of Tirol. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.

First marriage

Anna first married in 1295 in Graz. Her husband was Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. They had four children:

Jutta of Brandenburg (1301–1353), heiress of Coburg, married to Count Henry VIII of Henneberg
John (1302–1317), succeeded his father, but died young
Matilde of Brandenburg (died 1323) married Henry IV the Faithful
Agnes of Brandenburg (1297–1334), heiress of the Altmark, married with margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg (1281–1381) and in 1319 to Duke Otto of Brunswick-Göttingen (1290–1344).

In 1308, Herman died, and their son John succeeded him.

Second marriage

In 1310 Anna married Henry VI the Good, Duke of Wrocław,^[1] son of Henry V the Fat and his wife Elisabeth of Greater Poland.^[2] They had three daughters:

Elisabeth of Brieg (ca. 1311 – 20 February? 1328), married before 10 January 1322 to Duke Konrad I of Oleśnica.
Euphemia of Brieg (Ofka) (ca. 1312 – 21 March after 1384), married before 29 November 1325 to Duke Bolesław the Elder of Niemodlin (Falkenberg).
Margaret of Brieg (ca. 1313 – 8 March 1379), Abbess of St. Clara in Wrocław (1359).

Anna died in 1327 in Legnica. She left her husband a widower, and she had failed to produce a son. When her husband died ten years later, Wrocław was merged with the Bohemian crown.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg

16. Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg

8. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg

17. Agnes of Staufen

4. Rudolph I of Germany

18. Ulrich, Count of Kiburg and Dillingen

9. Heilwig of Kiburg

19. Anna von Zähringen

2. Albert I of Germany

20. Burckhard IV, Count of Hohenburg

10. Burckhard V, Count of Hohenburg

21. Wilipirg of Aichelberg

5. Gertrude of Hohenburg

22. Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen

11. Mechtild of Tübingen

23. Mathilda of Gleiberg

1. Anna of Austria

24. Engelbert III, Count of Gorizia

12. Meinhard I of Gorizia-Tyrol

25. Matilda of Andechs

6. Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia

26. Albert IV, Count of Tyrol

13. Adelaide of Tyrol

27. Uta of Frontenhausen

3. Elisabeth of Tirol

28. Louis I, Duke of Bavaria

14. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

29. Ludmilla of Bohemia

7. Elisabeth of Bavaria

30. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine

15. Agnes of the Palatinate

31. Agnes of Hohenstaufen

References

↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Piast: Silesia". Genealogy.EU.
↑ Henry was also Duke of Brzeg and Legnica between 1296 and 1311 as co-ruler with two brothers, who divided up the Silesian duchies among themselves in 1311.Cawley, Charles, SILESIA, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ,

German nobility
Vacant Title last held by Hedwig of Habsburg	Margravine of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 23/24 August 1298 – 1 January 1308	Vacant Title next held by Katharina of Glogau
Vacant Title last held by Elisabeth of Kalisz	Duchess consort of Wrocław 1310–1327	None territories of the Duchy of Wrocław incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia
	Duchess consort of Brzeg 1310–1311	Vacant Title next held by Margaret of Bohemia
	Duchess consort of Legnica 1310–1311	Vacant Title next held by Margaret of Bohemia

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