Anna von Schweidnitz

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Anna of Świdnica
Holy Roman Empress
Tenure1355–1362
Queen consort of Germany and Bohemia
Tenure1353–1362
Bornc. 1339
Świdnica
Died11 July 1362 (aged 22 or 23)
Prague, Bohemia
Spouse
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(m. 1353)​
Henry II of Świdnica
MotherKatharina of Hungary
Charles IV and Anna

Anna of Schweidnitz (Świdnica)[1][2][3][4] (also known as Anne or Anna of Świdnica,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Czech: Anna Svídnická, Polish: Anna Świdnicka, German: Anna von Schweidnitz und Jauer) (Świdnica, 1339 – 11 July 1362 in Prague) was Queen of Bohemia, German Queen, and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. She was the third wife of Emperor Charles IV.

Biography

Anne was the daughter of Polish Duke Henry II of

Wenzelschloss castle at Lauf an der Pegnitz
near Nuremberg.

Anne's father died when she was four years old, and her childless uncle, Bolko II, Duke of Świdnica-Jawor became her guardian. She was brought up and educated by her mother at

John to gain control of the Piast Duchies of Silesia as vedlejší země ("neighboring countries") for the Kingdom of Bohemia. Anne's uncle, Louis I of Hungary
, the future King of Poland, was able to assist her by renouncing his rights to Świdnica in favor of the House of Luxemburg.

Elisabeth (centre) and Margaret
, grandmother of her husband (left)

At the instigation of archbishop

Casimir III of Poland, and an envoy of the Republic of Venice
.

On 28 July 1353, Anna was crowned Queen of Bohemia in

Basilica of Saint Peter
, Anne was crowned Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. She was thereby the first Queen of Bohemia to become Empress.

In 1358, Anne bore a daughter,

Elisabeth of Pomerania
one year later. The Duchies of Świdnica and Jawor passed to Bohemia after Bolko's death in 1368.

Ancestry

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8240-7644-3 [1]
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  3. ISBN 978-0-674-01503-6 [3]
  4. ISBN 978-0-415-97385-4 [4]
  5. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.Google Books
  6. ISBN 963-05-3059-7.Google Books
  7. ISBN 0-521-42018-0.Google Books
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  9. ^ (in English) T Ulewicz (1984). Litterae et lingua: in honorem premislavi mroczkowski. Warsaw: Polish Science Academy. p. 46.Google Books
  10. ISBN 0-224-06243-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Google Books
  11. ^ (in English) Jonathan Cape, ed. (1970). "vol. 5 Carthusians-Cockcroft". Encyclopædia Britannica. London: Horace Everett Hooper. p. 294.Google Books
  12. ISBN 0-8122-3224-0.Google Books
  13. ISBN 0-226-44826-6.Internet Archive
  14. ^ "Vita Caroli IV/Capitulum XVII - Wikisource".
  15. ^ "Image". planet-franken-online.de. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

Literature

External links

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Royal titles
Preceded by
Anna of Bavaria
 Queen consort of Germany
1353–1362 		Succeeded by
Elisabeth of Pomerania
Queen consort of Bohemia

1353–1362
Preceded by
Holy Roman Empress

1355–1362
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