Anna of Glogau
Anna of Glogau (
House of Piast
.
Family
Anna's paternal grandparents were,
Henry III, Duke of Silesia-Glogau; successor to their father, Euphemia of Glogau; she was married to Albert I of Gorizia, Konrad II the Hunchback and Przemko of Ścinawa
; he was killed in battle.
Marriage
In 1260, Anna married
Marie of Brabant
, Louis had Marie executed because he believed she was having an affair. Louis' first marriage was childless.
Louis and Anna had two children, they were:
- Maria (born 1261, date of death unknown), a nun in Marienburg abbey
- Ludwig (13 September 1267 – 23 November 1290), killed at a tournament at Nuremberg.
Anna's son, Ludwig would have probably become
Duke of Bavaria, but died at a tournament and he died before his father. Anna herself died in 1271. Her husband married one more time, to Matilda of Habsburg. Matilda bore Louis two surviving sons, their younger son was Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
.
References
- ^ Kersken 2021, p. 218.
Sources
- Kersken, Norbert (2021). "Poland and the Polish People in Late Medieval German Historiography". In Pleszczynski, Andrzej; Vercamer, Grischa (eds.). Germans and Poles in the Middle Ages. Brill.