Princess Anna | |||||
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Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany | |||||
Born |
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony |
4 January 1836||||
Died | 10 February 1859 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
(aged 23)||||
Burial | Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence | ||||
Spouse | Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany | ||||
Issue | Archduchess Maria Antonietta | ||||
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House | Wettin | ||||
Father | John of Saxony | ||||
Mother | Amalie Auguste of Bavaria | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Full name | |
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German: Anna Maria Maximiliane Stephania Karoline Johanna Luisa Xaveria Nepomucena Aloysia Benedicta |
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 Sicilies) was the seventh child and fourth eldest daughter of John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. Through her marriage to Archduke Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Tuscany, Anna was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and Tuscany. Ann died shortly before her husband succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Anna married the future Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, eldest son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, on 24 November 1856 in Dresden. Anna and Ferdinand had two children: