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Anna of Saxony (7 March 1437 – 31 October 1512) was a princess of Saxony by birth and an Electress of Brandenburg by her marriage to Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg. Life [ edit ] Anna was a daughter of the Elector Frederick II of Saxony from his marriage to Margaret of Austria , daughter of the Duke Ernest of Austria.
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.
When Electress Anna Wettin of Brandenburg was born on 7 March 1437, in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, her father, Friederich II. von Weltin, Churfürst von Sachsen, was 24 and her mother, Margaretha Herzogin von Österreich, was 20. She married Albrecht III von Brandenburg on 12 November 1458, in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.
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Anne of Saxony (1437–1512) Electress of Brandenburg. Born on March 7, 1437; died on October 31, 1512; daughter of Margaret of Saxony (c. 1416–1486) and Frederick II the Gentle (1412–1464), elector of Saxony; became second wife of Albert Achilles (1414–1486), elector of Brandenburg as Albert III (r. 1470–1486), on November 12, 1458; children: Frederick V of Ansbach (b. 1460), margrave ...
nna of Saxony was born on November 22, 1532 at Hadersleben, Denmark to Dorothea of Saxony-Lauenburg and Christian III, the future king of Denmark. She married Duke August of Saxony on October 7, 1548 at Torgau, Saxony, and when he inherited the title Elector of Saxony in 1553, she became the electress. Anna died on October 1, 1585
The Electress of the Palatinate; The Electress of Saxony; The Electress of Brandenburg. To these were added, in 1623 and 1692 respectively: The Electress of Bavaria; The Electress of Hanover. In the final years of the Empire, several Electors were added, who only held their offices for less than three years before the Empire's final dissolution.
Anna of Saxony (7 March 1437 – 31 October 1512) was a princess of Saxony by birth and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage to Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg. Life. Anna was a daughter of the Elector Frederick II of Saxony from his marriage to Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Duke Ernest of Austria.
