Princess Anna of Saxony (1836–1859)

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Anna

Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
Grand Princess of Tuscany

Photographed c.1858

Born

4 January 1836
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony

Died

10 February 1859 (aged 23)
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Burial

Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence

Spouse

Archduke Ferdinand, Grand Prince of Tuscany

(m. )

Issue

Archduchess Maria Antonia

Names
German: Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta

House

Wettin

Father

John of Saxony

Mother

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

Princess Anna of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen) was a princess of Saxony by virtue of birth and Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by virtue of marriage.

Early life and ancestry
Marriage and issue
Death
Ancestry
References

Early life and ancestry

Born into the main branch of an ancient German House of Wettin, as daughter of John of Saxony and his wife, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria.^[1] She was born 4 January 1836 in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, and died 10 February 1859 in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Anna Maria was her parents' seventh child and fourth eldest daughter, and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. Through her marriage to Archduke Ferdinand, Grand Prince of Tuscany in 1856,^[1] Anna Maria became a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria as well as a Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany.

She died shortly before her husband succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Marriage and issue

Anna married the future Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, eldest son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany by his first wife, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 24 November 1856 in Dresden. She was his first wife.

Anna and Ferdinand had two children:

Archduchess Maria Antonietta Leopolda Annunziata Anna Amalia Giuseppa Giovanna Immacolata Tecla (in German Maria Antonia Leopoldine Annunziata Anna Amalia Josepha Johanna Immaculata Thekla) (Florence, 10 January 1858 – Cannes, 13 April 1883)

Stillborn daughter (born and died 1859)

Death

Anna Maria died on 10 February 1859, at the age of 23. Her body was buried in Santa Chiara, Naples, at that time Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Anna of Saxony (1836–1859)

8. Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony

4. Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony

9. Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria

2. John of Saxony

10. Ferdinand, Duke of Parma

5. Princess Carolina of Parma

11. Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria

1. Princess Anna of Saxony

12. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

6. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

13. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach

3. Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

14. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden

7. Princess Caroline of Baden

15. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

References

1 2 Louda, Jiřı́ (1999). Lines of succession. Leicester : Blitz Editions. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-85605-469-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

v t e Princesses of Saxony by birth
The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as Elector of Saxony in 1423.
1st generation	Anna, Landgravine of Hesse Catherine, Electress of Brandenburg
2nd generation	Amalia, Duchess of Bavaria Anna, Electress of Brandenburg Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg Margaret, Electress of Brandenburg
3rd generation	Christina, Queen of Denmark and Norway Margaret, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
4th generation	Christine, Landgravine of Hesse Magdalena, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg
5th generation	Maria, Duchess of Pomerania
6th generation	Anna, Princess of Orange Elisabeth, Countess Palatine of Simmern Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Anna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
7th generation	Sophie, Duchess of Pomerania Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg
8th generation	Sophia Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp Magdalene Sibylle, Princess Elect of Denmark and Norway
9th generation	none
10th generation	none
11th generation	none
12th generation	Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain ¹ Maria Anna Sophia, Electress of Bavaria ¹ Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France ¹ Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont ¹ Princess Maria Elisabeth ¹ Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen ¹
13th generation	Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan
14th generation	Princess Maria Augusta Princess Amalie Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain
15th generation	Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa Anna, Grand Princess of Tuscany Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria Sophie, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria
16th generation	Princess Mathilde Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto of Austria
19th generation	none
¹ królewna of Poland and Lithuania

v t e Austrian archduchesses by marriage
Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished and outlawed in 1919.
1st generation	Eleanor of Portugal Mechthild of the Palatinate Eleanor of Scotland Catherine of Saxony
2nd generation	Mary, Duchess of Burgundy Anne, Duchess of Brittany Bianca Maria Sforza
3rd generation	Joanna, Queen of Castile
4th generation	Infanta Isabella of Portugal Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
5th generation	Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal* Mary I of England* Infanta Maria of Spain^ Anna Juliana Gonzaga Duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria
6th generation	Archduchess Anna of Austria^ Isabella Clara Eugenia^ Duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria Eleonora Gonzaga Claudia de' Medici
7th generation	Princess Elisabeth of France* Infanta Maria Ana of Spain^ Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria^ Eleonora Gonzaga Anna de' Medici Countess Palatine Hedwig of Sulzbach
8th generation	Infanta Margaret Theresa of Spain^ Archduchess Claudia Felicitas of Austria^ Countess Palatine Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg
9th generation	Princess Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
10th generation	None
11th generation	Princess Isabella of Parma Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa
12th generation	Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg Princess Elisabeth of Savoy Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy
13th generation	Princess Sophie of Bavaria Princess Maria Anna of Saxony** Princess Hildegard of Bavaria Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria^ Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Duchess of Modena
14th generation	Princess Charlotte of Belgium Princess Margaretha of Saxony Princess Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal Princess Anna of Saxony Princess Maria Immaculata of the Two Sicilies Princess Isabella of Croÿ Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria^ Princess Auguste Maria of Bavaria
15th generation	Princess Stéphanie of Belgium Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony Princess Maria Cristina of the Two Sicilies Princess Blanca of Bourbon Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria^**
16th generation	Princess Zita of Parma Princess Ileana of Romania Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm
17th generation	Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Margherita of Savoy Princess Yolande of Ligne Laetitia d'Arenberg**
18th generation	Freiin Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg Princess Astrid of Belgium Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg
also an infanta of Spain by marriage; *also a princess of Tuscany by marriage; ^also an archduchess of Austria in her own right

v t e Tuscan princesses by marriage
Generations are numbered from the daughters-in-law of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1st generation	Archduchess Joanna of Austria Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo
2nd generation	Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria
3rd generation	None
4th generation	Marguerite Louise d'Orléans Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga
5th generation	Duchess Violante Beatrice of Bavaria Duchess Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg
6th generation	None
7th generation	Princess Isabella of Parma* Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria* Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain* Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa*
8th generation	Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg* Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily* Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily* Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg* Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia* Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym* Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg* Princess Elisabeth of Savoy*
9th generation	Princess Maria Anna of Saxony*
10th generation	Princess Anna of Saxony* Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies*
11th generation	Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies* Infanta Blanca of Spain* Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria*
12th generation	Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm*
13th generation	Princess Laetitia of Arenberg*
^did not have a royal or noble title by birth * also an archduchess of Austria by marriage

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