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  1. Anna of Saxony (23 December 1544 – 18 December 1577) was the heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and Agnes, eldest daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. [1] Maurice's only son, Albert, died in infancy. Anna was the second wife of William the Silent.

  2. Dec 21, 2023 · William and Anna's final child Emelia was born in 1569. When the first Maurice died Anna fell into a spiralling depression in which she contemplated suicide. She tried to numb her pain with alcohol. An unsympathetic William contacted Elector Augustus of Saxony about how best to deal with his "contentious" wife.

  3. Jan 21, 2015 · Anna of Saxony was born on 23 December 1544 in Dresden to Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Agnes of Hesse. She became her father’s heiress upon the death of brother Albert, who died in infancy. She was thus very wealthy and an attractive candidate for marriage. She married as his second wife, William the Silent, [read more]

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  5. Nov 4, 2015 · 4th November 2015. The second Princess of Orange, and also William the Silent’s second wife, is probably the most scandalous of them all. She was born on 23 December 1544 in Dresden as the ...

  6. Anna Maria of Saxony (1836–1859)Grand duchess of Tuscany. Name variations: Anna of Saxony; Maria Anna of Saxony. Born on April 1, 1836, in Dresden, Germany; died on February 10, 1859, in Florence, Italy; daughter of Amalia of Bavaria (1801–1877) and Johann also known as John (1801–1873), king of Saxony (r.

  7. Anna. Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. Grand Princess of Tuscany. Born. ( 1836-01-04) 4 January 1836. Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony. Died. 10 February 1859.

  8. Mar 10, 2017 · In the early 1570s, Anna of Saxony (1544-77), second wife of the Dutch nobleman and rebel leader William of Orange, set Europe’s noble courts ablaze with one of the sixteenth century’s most sensational scandals. Although destined to a life of fabulous riches on the side of her glamorous husband, Anna failed to find happiness as political ...

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