Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
| Anne of Bohemia and Hungary | |
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Portrait by Hans Maler, c. 1519
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| Queen of the Romans | |
| Tenure | 5 January 1531 – 27 January 1547 |
| Tenure | 17 December 1526 – 27 January 1547 |
| Born | 23 July 1503 Buda, Hungary |
| Died | 27 January 1547 (aged 43) Prague, Bohemia |
| Burial | St. Vitus Cathedral |
| Spouse | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor |
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| House | Jagiellon |
| Father | Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary |
| Mother | Anne of Foix-Candale |
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (Buda, Hungary, 23 July 1503 – Prague, Bohemia, 27 January 1547), sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica, Queen of the Romans (Germany), Bohemia and Hungary as the wife of King Ferdinand I, later Holy Roman Emperor.
She was the elder child and only daughter of King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (1456–1516) and his third wife Anne of Foix-Candale. She was an older sister of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia. Her paternal grandparents were King Casimir IV of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, of the Jagiellon dynasty, and Elisabeth of Austria, one of the heiresses of Bohemia, duchy of Luxembourg and duchy of Kujavia. Her maternal grandparents were Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale and Catherine de Foix, Infanta of the Kingdom of Navarre.
She was born in Buda (now Budapest). The death of Vladislaus II on 13 March 1516 left both siblings in the care of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. It was arranged that Anna marry his grandson, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, second son of Queen regnant Joanna of Castile and her late husband and co-ruler, Philip I of Castile. Anna married Ferdinand on 26 May 1521 in Linz, Austria. At the time Ferdinand was governing the Habsburg hereditary lands on behalf of his older brother Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. It was stipulated that Ferdinand should succeed Anne's brother in case he died without male heirs.
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