Princess Anna of Saxony (1836–1859)

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Anna
Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
Grand Princess of Tuscany
Anna Maria of Saxony.jpg
Born(1836-01-04)4 January 1836
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died10 February 1859(1859-02-10) (aged 23)
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1856)
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[ citation needed ]) was a princess of Saxony born to 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.[ citation needed ] She was her parents' seventh child and fourth eldest daughter, and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony.[ citation needed ] Through her marriage to Archduke Ferdinand, Grand Prince of Tuscany in 1856, [1] Anna 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. Anna died shortly before her husband succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany.[ citation needed ]

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Marriage and issue

Anna's daughter Maria Antonietta, around 1875 Marie Antoinette, Erzherzogin von Osterreich-Toskana (cropped).jpg
Anna's daughter Maria Antonietta, around 1875

Anna married the future Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, eldest son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 24 November 1856 in Dresden.[ citation needed ] Anna and Ferdinand had two children:[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Louda, Jiřı́ (1999). Lines of succession. Leicester : Blitz Editions. p. 201. ISBN   978-1-85605-469-0.