Anne of Bohemia (1290-1313)
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Anne of Bohemia was the eldest surviving daughter of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland and his first wife Judith of Habsburg
. Her siblings were Elisabeth of Bohemia and Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
.
, Anne, Elisabeth and Margaret
. Anne and her siblings also had an agnatic half-sister, Agnes of Bohemia
.
In 1300 her father Wenceslaus re-married. He chose to marry a Polish
princess
called Elisabeth Richeza
from the genus Piast dynasty
. Anne's father then gained the Crown of Poland for the next five years (he died in 1305).
and Elisabeth of Bavaria.
After the murder of Anne's brother Wenceslaus
in 1306, Anne's husband was elected King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland. However, all power was soon taken over by Rudolph of Habsburg
. Anne and Henry then fled to Carinthia
out of reach from Rudolph. Rudolph only reigned for one year and on his death Henry assumed the throne of Bohemia again.
The royal couple turned their attention to Anne's younger unmarried sister Elisabeth. They wished to have her married but Elisabeth refused every suitor that came forward. In 1310 Elisabeth married John of Luxembourg. This union caused Anne and Elisabeth to fall out. It was said that Elisabeth was more beautiful than Anne and that Anne was jealous of her.
By 1310 John and Elisabeth occupied Prague
; Anne and Henry were sent back to live in Carinthia in exile. It was there in 1313 that she died aged only twenty two and childless. Her husband married twice more.
Judith of Habsburg
Judith of Habsburg was the youngest daughter of Rudolph I of Germany and his wife Gertrude of Hohenburg. Judith was a member of the Habsburg family.-Biography:When Judith was five, she became the object of her father's political plans...
. Her siblings were Elisabeth of Bohemia and Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III Premyslid was the King of Hungary , King of Bohemia and the king of Poland ....
.
Family
Anne was born in 1290 in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Her mother Judith died in 1297 when Anne was seven years old. Of her ten children only four of them lived to adulthood: WenceslausWenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III Premyslid was the King of Hungary , King of Bohemia and the king of Poland ....
, Anne, Elisabeth and Margaret
Margaret of Bohemia (1296-1322)
Margaret of Bohemia was a daughter of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and his first wife, Judith of Habsburg. Her paternal grandparents were Ottokar II of Bohemia and Kunigunda of Slavonia, her maternal grandparents were Rudolph I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenburg.-Biography:In 1308, Margaret married...
. Anne and her siblings also had an agnatic half-sister, Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia (1305–1337)
Agnes of Bohemia was the only child of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia by his second wife, Elisabeth Richeza of Poland. She was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty.- Family :...
.
In 1300 her father Wenceslaus re-married. He chose to marry a Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
princess
Princess
Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....
called Elisabeth Richeza
Elisabeth Richeza of Poland
Elisabeth Richenza of Poland was a daughter and the only surviving child of Przemysl II of Poland and his second wife Richenza of Sweden, herself a daughter of Valdemar I of Sweden and Sofia of Denmark.Her name at birth was Richeza; she adopted the name Elisabeth after her first marriage...
from the genus Piast dynasty
Piast dynasty
The Piast dynasty was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. It began with the semi-legendary Piast Kołodziej . The first historical ruler was Duke Mieszko I . The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir the Great...
. Anne's father then gained the Crown of Poland for the next five years (he died in 1305).
Marriage
In 1306 Anne married Henry of Carinthia, a son of Meinhard, Duke of CarinthiaMeinhard, Duke of Carinthia
Meinhard II from the House of Meinhardin was ruling Count of Gorizia from 1258 until 1271 and Count of Tyrol from 1258 until his death...
and Elisabeth of Bavaria.
After the murder of Anne's brother Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III Premyslid was the King of Hungary , King of Bohemia and the king of Poland ....
in 1306, Anne's husband was elected King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland. However, all power was soon taken over by Rudolph of Habsburg
Rudolph I of Bohemia
Rudolf I of Habsburg was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1298 and King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland from 1306 until his death...
. Anne and Henry then fled to Carinthia
Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....
out of reach from Rudolph. Rudolph only reigned for one year and on his death Henry assumed the throne of Bohemia again.
The royal couple turned their attention to Anne's younger unmarried sister Elisabeth. They wished to have her married but Elisabeth refused every suitor that came forward. In 1310 Elisabeth married John of Luxembourg. This union caused Anne and Elisabeth to fall out. It was said that Elisabeth was more beautiful than Anne and that Anne was jealous of her.
By 1310 John and Elisabeth occupied Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
; Anne and Henry were sent back to live in Carinthia in exile. It was there in 1313 that she died aged only twenty two and childless. Her husband married twice more.
Ancestry
Sources in English
- Anne's Bohemia; Czech Literature and Society, 1310–1420, by Alfred Thomas University of Minnesota Press, 1998, Preface by David WallaceDavid Wallace (Professor)David Wallace is a British scholar of medieval literature and Judith Rodin Professor of English, who teaches in the USA University of Pennsylvania.-References:...