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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. 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 ...

  3. 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.

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  5. Jun 15, 2019 · Linda van Dyck as Anna of Saxony in Willem van Oranje (1984 - Screenshot/Fair Use) After the death of Anna of Buren, William, Prince of Orange, remarried to Anna of Saxony. Anna was born on 23 December 1544 in Dresden, the daughter of Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Agnes of Hesse. She would be their only surviving child, and she was just nine ...

  6. 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]

  7. Princess Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (Full German name: Prinzessin Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Sachsen; born 4 January 1836 in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony; died 10 February 1859 in Naples, Kingdom of the Two ...

  8. Sep 3, 2010 · Anna of Saxony. (23 December 1544 - 18 December 1577) Princess. Philanderer. Anna was the first born child of Moritz, Elector of Saxony and his wife, Agnes Hesse. Their son, Alberto, was born a year later, but when he was only five months old, he died. Anna was an ugly daughter, her hunched back and lameness exaserbated her uncomely fetures.

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