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| '''Anna''', queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-47) was Queen-consort of the Romans and heiress of ] and ]. | |||
| She was the daughter of king ] and Bohemia (1456-1516), of the ] dynasty, and his fourth wife ], relative of the kings of ]. | |||
| On ], ] in ], he married Archduke ], Infante of Spain, regent of the Austrian patrimony. | |||
| Anna's only brother king ] and Bohemia was killed at the battle of ] in 1526. Anna and Ferdinand inherited Bohemia and what was left of Hungary. | |||
| In 153 Ferdinand's elder brother ] accepted Ferdinand as the successor to the empire, and Ferdinand was elevated to the title King of the Romans. | |||
| After Anna's death, 1556 Charles V abdicated and Ferdinand succeeded as Emperor. | |||
| They had a bunch of children, which was a respite to Bohemia and Hungary, for some centuries suffered from uncertain succession prospects as the number of direct heirs was precarious and they tended to die prematurely. Children include: | |||
| * ] (]–]), future emperor. Each of Maximilian's sons died without surviving issue, and the only child of his was Anna, whose son was ]. | |||
| * ] (]–]), Archduke of Further Austria | |||
| * Maria of Austria (]–]). Consort of ], Duke of Cleves, Julich and Berg. | |||
| * Johanna (]–]) | |||
| * Anna (] – ''circa'' ]) | |||
| * ] (]–]), Archduke of Inner Austria, who was to become father of ] | |||
| * Elisabeth – In ] she was married to king ] of ] and ]. | |||
| * Catherine – In ] she was married to king ] of ] and ]. | |||
| '''Anne Jagellion of Bohemia''' (], ] - ], ]) was the only daughter of ] and ]. She was an older sister of ]. | |||
| Her paternal grandparents were ] and ]. Her maternal grandparents were ] and ], Intanta of the ]. | |||
| == Life account == | |||
| She was born in ] and for ther first three years of her life was the ] to the thrones of ] and the ]. The birth of her younger brother Louis on ], ] demoted her to second-in-line heiress. Her mother died on ] of the same year. | |||
| The death of Vladislaus II on ], ] left both siblings in the care of ]. She was arranged to marry his grandson ], second son of ] ] and her husband and co-ruler ]. | |||
| Anne married Ferdinand on ], ] in ], ]. At the time Ferdinand was controling the ] hereditary lands in name of his older brother ]. | |||
| Her brother Louis was killed in the ] against ] of the ] on ], ]. This left vacant the thrones of both Bohemia and Hungary with Anne being his closest living relative. Ferdinand claimed both Kingdoms in her right and was elected King of Bohemia on ] of the same year. | |||
| Hungary was a more difficult case. Suleiman had annexed much of its lands. Ferdinand was proclaimed King of Hungary but a faction of Hungarian nobles who proclaimed that no foreign ruler could held that title. They elected ] as a rival King and conflict between them and their heirs would last until ]. | |||
| Meanwhile Anne served as ] of Bohemia and one of two rival Queen consorts of Hungary until her death. She died in her native Prague. | |||
| ==Children== | |||
| Anna and Ferdinand had fifteen children: | |||
| *Elizabeth of Austria (], ] - ], ]). In ] she was married to king ] of ] and ]. | |||
| *] (], ] - ], ]). | |||
| *Anna of Austria (], ] - ]/], ]). Married ]. | |||
| *] (], ] - ], ]). | |||
| *Maria of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria (], ]–], ]). Consort of ]. | |||
| *Magdalena of Austria (], ] - ], ]). A nun. | |||
| * Catharine of Austria (], ] - ], ]). In ] she was married to king ] of ] and ]. | |||
| *Eleonora of Austria (], ] - ], ]). Married ]. | |||
| *Margaret of Austria (], ] - ], ]). A nun. | |||
| *Johann of Austria (], ] - ], ]). | |||
| *Barbara of Austria (], ] - ], ]). Married ]. | |||
| *] (], ] - ], ]). | |||
| *Ursula of Austria (], ] - ], ]). | |||
| *Helen of Austria (], ] - ], ]). A nun. | |||
| *Johanna of Austria (], ] - ], ]). Married ]. | |||
| == Genetics == | |||
| Anne of Bohemia was a direct ] ancestor of ] (and therefore of the last Russian czarina ] as well as HRH ]). Provided this genealogy is correct, Anne of Bohemia must therefore have been of ]l ] ] according to tests on the latter two descedants. | |||
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