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.

Family

Anna was born in Vienna, the eighth of twelve children. Her most notable siblings were Rudolph I of Bohemia, Frederick the Fair, Leopold I, Duke of Austria, Albert II, Duke of Austria, Otto, Duke of Austria and Agnes, Queen of Hungary.

Anna's maternal grandparents were Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia, and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany. Her paternal grandparents were Rudolph I of Germany and his first wife, Gertrude of Hohenburg. Her paternal aunts and uncles included Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Matilda, Duchess of Bavaria, Klementia, Queen of Hungary, and Judith, Queen of Bohemia.

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, son of Henry V the Fat and his wife Elisabeth of Greater Poland. 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

Family 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